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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 20d

Business leaders today are caught between two stories: one of unstoppable progress, the other of mounting risk and eroding trust. Here, CISL CEO Lindsay explores the tension between these narratives—and how leaders are navigating and shaping the future of markets: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/blog/am...

From Ambition to Strategy: shaping what comes next | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

16 September 2025 - Lindsay Hooper, CEO at CISL, discusses the tension shaping business leadership today: the promise of innovation and momentum toward sustainability versus the systemic risks and pol...

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Sep 5

👋 We welcomed @commonseac.parliament.uk
to Cambridge yesterday alongside experts from finance, aviation, policy & the built environment to support MPs in shaping bold, green policy.

🔗: cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cisl-we...

@tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Aug 29

❓Are we on the edge of a disruption to the food and agricultural industries that is comparable to the energy transition already underway?

CISL Fellow Paul Gilding argues in @financialtimes.com that a major market disruption is coming to the global food system

Read here: on.ft.com/4n5cZ1p

Renewable food is on the horizon

Industrial agriculture is failing us — but markets have found a solution

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Aug 19

👩‍⚕️Continuing our focus on where real market transformation takes place, this week we're shining a spotlight on health systems and how to unlock win-wins that support people’s health and the economy, and how businesses can support a healthier society.

👉 cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Aug 14

📢We're pleased to announce a new project with RICS.

This collaboration aims to align CISL’s sustainability leadership expertise with RICS’ mission to achieve a built and natural environment that is sustainable, resilient and inclusive for all.

👉 ow.ly/EJPk50WG89L

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Aug 7

🏆 The Entopia Building – CISL’s retrofit HQ in Cambridge – has been shortlisted for the 2025 RIBA Reinvention Award!

Already a multi-award winner, Entopia is a Living Lab for sustainable innovation in the built environment.

More: bit.ly/EntopiaRIBA

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Aug 5

Last week, we welcomed leaders to the formal launch of the #LivingLab – a collaborative innovation community in our award-winning Entopia HQ.

👉 Join a knowledge, innovation & action community driving systemic change across the built environment sector: ow.ly/lNy450WzVcz

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 29

🏡Did you know that Cambridge homes = 27% of the city's emissions?

To hit #NetZero by 2030, @camcitco.bsky.social and @cisl.cam.ac.uk new report on scaling up retrofits details the 6 key actions with transformative climate, health and job benefits.

Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/NZUg50WwBsb

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 28

🏗️The built environment shapes how we all live, work and move.

Find out how CISL is working with businesses, innovators, investors and policymakers to incubate new solutions, drive green building standards, and scale sustainable infrastructure cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 28

👋We're delighted to have welcomed a distinguished group of new Fellows and Senior Associates to our global network of sustainability leaders over the past year.

Read the full story www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 24

🌍 A major market disruption is coming to the global food system.

In our new paper, CISL Fellow Paul Gilding argues: transformation isn’t optional—it’s inevitable.

Will we act fast enough to build a renewable food system, or face crisis?

🔗 Read more: ow.ly/OfnV50WuuR9

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 23

🛒We need a systemic approach to local problems such as losing supermarket cafés, argues CISL Fellow @cazzerlee.bsky.social in her latest op ed for @thegrocer.bsky.social.

Read👉https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/losing-supermarket-cafes-means-losing-vital-community-spaces/705859.article

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 21

🚜🌾Land, food, and agriculture sit at the heart of society, playing a critical role in our economy, health and culture but also providing a powerful connection to climate and nature challenges.

Discover how CISL is helping transform these systems 👉https://ow.ly/plS250WswA4

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 16

📢👑We are pleased to announce our partnership with @thecrownestate.bsky.social to accelerate sustainable innovation and collaboration in the built environment and support nature recovery across the UK.

Read the full story here: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cisl-an...

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 15

📢 Announcing the Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth: a coalition of 17 groups driving sustainable, inclusive growth in Latin America. Ahead of #COP30 in Brazil, we commit to a just, resilient energy transition. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/greenIABN

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 14

🔋The shift to electrify energy is accelerating, with innovations opening the door to a cheaper, efficient, cleaner & secure energy system.
🔦Find out how CISL is supporting this shift to accelerate #renewables, phase out #FossilFuels, & ensure access 👉 ow.ly/awtz50WpjMz

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 10

🔓Blended finance is key to unlocking private capital for sustainable development in EMDEs—but risk perceptions, fragmentation & inefficiencies still block progress. Our new report explores barriers, solutions & pathways to scale.

🔗https://ow.ly/UPe850WntYw

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 8

"Our report provides essential guidance for driving meaningful change, and offer[s] a strategic blueprint for organisations ready to lead.”

The latest CISL x BSI report covered in @yahoonews.com today 👉https://www.yahoo.com/news/circularity-tipping-point-trust-bsi-185352730.html?guccounter=1

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 8

In partnership with BSI we've launched a global study exploring trust as the key to accelerating circularity.

Read the report 👉https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news-and-resources/publications/tipping-point-building-trust-circular-economy

Explore the campaign 👉https://ow.ly/na7y50Wm8nI

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jul 1

The global economy's future hinges on what markets value—but real impact happens in key sectors and places.

Our new initiative, Transforming Systems, Sectors and Places, targets those sectors with the greatest ability to drive change. Learn more 👉 cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...

Transforming Systems, Sectors and Places

The transformation of the global economy will be shaped by what markets value - but it’s what happens in specific sectors and places where impact counts and change needs to happen.

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jun 27

We were thrilled to host a roundtable at Goals House during #LCAW2025 with our CIO @jamestweeets.bsky.social
and co-host Rachel Barré, marking our new partnership with L'Oréal. We explored how to turn promising sustainability innovations into scalable global solutions. 🌍

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UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) @clg-uk.bsky.social · Jun 26

🗣️“We can do it because the economics are on our side... it’s so clear that this is the economic opportunity of the 21st century.”

At our #BusinessLeadersSummit2025 during #LCAW, we heard from Rt Hon Ed Miliband & Rt Hon Sarah Jones MP.

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jun 26

🌿 New report: "Building Capacity to Identify & Assess Nature-Related Financial Risks" — a collab by our Centre for Sustainable Finance team, DBS, UOB, OCBC explores financial impacts of nature-related risks. Read → cisl.cam.ac.uk/news-and-res...

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UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) @clg-uk.bsky.social · Jun 24

🗣️ Delighted to welcome Rt Hon Ed Miliband and
and Rt Hon Sarah Jones MP to deliver keynote speeches at today’s BGA Business Leaders’ Summit during #LCAW2025
co-hosted with @aldersgategroup.bsky.social & supported by @theclimatepledge.bsky.social

Stay tuned for our key takeaways from this event!

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · Jun 23

Kicking off #LCAW2025, we convened a series of workshops today with a diverse group of stakeholders to explore insights to accelerating blended finance in EMDEs.

Find out more about the rest of the events we'll be running 👉https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/events/london-climate-action-week-21-29-june-2025

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