Tag: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Lindsay Hooper awarded Leader of the Year at Green Business Awards

Stuart Mitchell

Lindsay Hooper, Chief Executive of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), has been named Leader of the Year at the 2025 BusinessGreen UK Green Business Awards. Judges praised her leadership in driving systemic change, advancing sustainability in business, and championing the role of education in shaping a sustainable future.  The award, presented at a ceremony in London, recognises Lindsay’s pivotal role in CISL’s evolution into a respected international institute. Under her leadership, CISL has supported hundreds of major organisations and thousands of leaders worldwide to align business performance with…

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Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth

Stuart Mitchell

The Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth (IABNGG) has been launched in an event that took place at COP29 in  November.  The network’s main goal is to mobilise the private sector in Latin America in order to boost collaboration and the development of ambitious green policy frameworks that encourage opportunities for sustainable growth in the region.   It is also a key initiative to connect and strengthen collective business action in the region in the run-up to COP30 in Brazil, building on best experiences and promoting active engagement with governments…

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New analysis shows a $1.8 trillion gap to fund the transition to low carbon economies in Africa

Stuart Mitchell

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) latest research shows that Africa’s ambitious climate commitments are significantly underfunded, with the 2030 deadline to meet promises fast approaching. The report Financing Africa’s Low Carbon Transition finds that tailor-made climate finance solutions are necessary for each African country, due to varying levels of existing green infrastructure and energy reliance. In total, they need to spend approximately US$2.5 trillion by 2030. Emission reduction makes up close to 80% of the spending needed, with plans for climate adaptation at US$418 billion. Of…

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New research shows world’s most climate vulnerable countries could lose over 100% of GDP in 2024 from disasters that are insurable

Stuart Mitchell

New research from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), with risk analysis from global insurance group Howden, demonstrates the transformative economic efficiency of risk-sharing systems to provide vulnerable countries with financial security from climate related disasters. The smallest and most vulnerable countries risk losing over 100% of their GDP from extreme climate shocks next year, according to the findings, which underlines the scale and severity of the risks faced by the Global South. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and other vulnerable countries bear these overwhelming threats almost…

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership joins leading science and industry bodies to partner with TNFD

Stuart Mitchell

CISL is joining a multi-disciplinary group of leading international organisations to partner with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). The partnership will focus on the task of developing an integrated risk management and disclosure framework for nature-related. Building on the expertise and existing definitions, data, analytical tools, and disclosure standards developed by knowledge partners, the TNFD framework will provide companies and investors with decision-useful information to help shift the flow of global capital to nature-positive outcomes. CISL’s work will contribute expertise across scientific disciplines, market practice and the development…

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