Tag: University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

CISL calls for a new era of market-shaping leadership

Stuart Mitchell

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has today published Making Markets Fit for the Future, a major new report arguing that long-term prosperity, competitiveness and resilience will depend on leaders’ ability to shape the markets in which they operate, not simply respond to them.  Markets influence where capital flows, which business models succeed, how innovation spreads and which forms of value are recognised or ignored. Yet many markets remain organised around assumptions and incentives that fail to reward the outcomes on which long-term prosperity depends.  The report…

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Cambridge Business Sustainability Programme evolves to help leaders shape the markets of the future

Stuart Mitchell

From transforming a century-old manufacturing business to scaling circular economy solutions, alumni share how the programme has helped them drive change in their organisations and beyond.  The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has unveiled a refreshed Cambridge Business Sustainability Programme (CBSP), designed to help leaders navigate disruption while building the capabilities needed to shape the markets, sectors and organisations of the future.  The announcement follows the launch of CISL’s new Making Markets Fit for the Future agenda, which explores how business, finance, government and civil society can work together to…

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CISL Living Lab Accelerates Water Efficiency Innovation

Stuart Mitchell

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has been selected for support through the new Water Efficiency Cambridgeshire Fund (weCB Fund), helping to accelerate the development and testing of practical solutions to one of the region’s most pressing challenges: water scarcity Cambridgeshire is one of the most water-stressed regions in the UK. At the same time, it is home to a world-leading innovation ecosystem and ambitious plans for future growth. Addressing water scarcity is increasingly recognised as critical to enabling sustainable economic development across the region. Through its Living Lab, CISL…

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CISL launches partnership with Standard Chartered GPB

Stuart Mitchell

Standard Chartered Global Private Bank (“the Private Bank”) and the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership (“CISL”), today announced the launch of Standard Chartered Global Private Bank Mastery Programme – Leadership and Legacy at a two-day Kick-Off Seminar in Singapore. The Leadership and Legacy programme is a four-month executive development programme for the Private Bank’s most senior leaders including Market Heads and Team Leads. This programme is aligned with Standard Chartered’s strategic priority to grow its Affluent business through investment in its people. With a backdrop of rapidly evolving…

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New insurance tool developed to protect vulnerable communities from the financial fallout of climate

Stuart Mitchell

Against the background of intensifying physical climate risks, today the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is launching the ClimateWise Insurability Readiness Matrix, a first of its kind early warning and engagement tool to help insurers better assess and communicate the insurability of locations and projects to financiers, corporates and policymakers.  Natural disasters caused US$318 billion in losses in 2024, 25 per cent above the ten-year average, with over half of those losses uninsured. Detailed in the report “The ClimateWise Insurability Readiness Matrix: A shared language for action,” the tool…

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