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L’Oréal Groupe launches Sustainable Accelerator in partnership with CISL

Stuart Mitchell

L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty company, has partnered with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) to launch its Sustainable Innovation Accelerator. The ambitious programme, endowed with €100 million investment over 5 years, is designed to address the critical solution gaps within the industry and accelerate the delivery of its 2030 sustainability commitments. We’re delighted to announce our partnership with L’Oréal, launching a new Sustainable Innovation Accelerator that aims to mobilise and scale sustainability-led innovation to address the continued challenges facing the beauty industry. The accelerator programme, run…

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Leaders gather in Cambridge for CISL’s annual CSO Forum

Stuart Mitchell

Leading Chief Sustainability Officers convened in Cambridge earlier this month to discuss how the private sector can manage current risks and compete and win in markets of the future.  The CSO Forum took place at CISL’s Cambridge headquarters, the Entopia Building and brought together a combined expertise of almost 1,000 years in the sustainability profession. nearly Sixty global sustainability leaders from a variety of sectors including finance, technology, the built environment, healthcare, education and government attended. Among them were a dozen delegates from African nations, bringing diverse perspectives on shared…

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CISL’s Entopia Building shortlisted for RIBA award

Stuart Mitchell

The Cambridge headquarters of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, the Entopia Building, is among 23 projects nominated for the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) East Awards 2025. Constructed in 1939 to house a telephone exchange, the Entopia Building, formerly 1 Regent Street, was sustainably refitted at a cost of £12.6 million and CISL moved in in 2022. The building also houses the Canopy, a Cambridge community for entrepreneurs, startups, innovators and small businesses pioneering sustainability innovation.  Entopia’s retrofit was a collaborative project. The updated building achieved…

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New CISL playbook for businesses aims to accelerate a market-wide sustainable transition

Stuart Mitchell

A new report from the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership sets out a pathway for the private sector to proactively respond to the current volatile geopolitical context while continuing sustainability efforts.  The Competing in the Age of Disruption report, co-written by CISL’s CEO Lindsay Hooper and CISL Fellow, Paul Gilding, with contributions from over 20 senior business leaders, demonstrates that innovation to drive market-wide change can create a level playing field for business action to address climate and nature risks.  Businesses face existential risk from two directions: systemic…

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CISL researcher wins prize at Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement

Stuart Mitchell

Dr Gabriel Okello won the Early Career Researcher award at the prestigious Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement earlier this week.  Gabriel is The King’s Global Sustainability Fellow in Air Quality and NCDS, supported by AstraZeneca. His work applies multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches to tackle air pollution in rapidly urbanising African cities.  The Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement, formerly the Vice-Chancellor’s Award, are held annually to recognise exceptional achievement, innovation, and creativity in developing research engagement and impact plans with significant economic, social, and cultural potential.  Following a…

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