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

CISL’s 2024 Annual Review published

Stuart Mitchell

2024 was a challenging and pivotal year for CISL and the wider sustainability movement. Action taken across the world is not keeping up with the challenges that are being thrown at it. Greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing, despite renewable energy hitting new heights. The biodiversity crisis continues apace, global temperatures are rising and climate negotiations are not achieving what is needed. ‘Sustainability as usual’ has not worked and has no realistic prospect of doing so.   In a year when CISL appointed Lindsay Hooper as its permanent CEO, the…

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Chanel and the University of Cambridge extend sustainability partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Chanel and the University of Cambridge have announced the extension of their partnership for another three years, accelerating decisive action on sustainability transformation. Since the beginning of the collaboration in 2021, Chanel teams have partnered with experts from across the University, including the Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) and the Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS), to deliver on three core impact areas: Building sustainability skills and knowledge Through bespoke executive education programmes, nearly 500 leaders and key operational team members across Chanel have been upskilled…

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Aviation can achieve Net-Zero by 2050 if immediate action is taken, says University of Cambridge report

Stuart Mitchell

Cambridge University has recently released a groundbreaking report outlining a five-year roadmap to help the aviation sector achieve net-zero climate impact by 2050. Despite ambitious pledges from governments and industry, the aviation sector remains significantly off course in its efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The report, titled “Five Years to Chart a New Future for Aviation,” outlines four 2030 Sustainable Aviation Goals—specific, actionable steps that must be initiated immediately and completed within five years if the aviation sector is to be on track to achieve net-zero by 2050.…

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CISL releases report to address the challenges that global leadership face in today’s age of turbulence

Stuart Mitchell

Published on Earth Day 2024, CISL’s new report draws on the dominant themes that emerged from the discussions at the Global Leadership Summit in February 2024, in particular the need for effective leadership. In response to rising geopolitical tensions, conflict and AI dominating political agendas, the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) brought together influential thinkers, experts and leaders from across the world for a 2-day summit in February 2024 to address the unprecedented challenges that currently face global leadership.    Through discussions ranging across geopolitics, global governance, domestic politics,…

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CISL addresses the tough questions for global leadership in an age of turbulence

Stuart Mitchell

With time running out to bend the curve on the climate and nature crisis, rising geopolitical tensions, conflict and AI dominating political agendas, the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) brought together influential thinkers, experts and leaders for a 2 day summit to address the unprecedented challenges that currently face global leadership.   At the inaugural Global Leadership Summit in Cambridge on 27 and 28 February, which took place at CISL’s HQ the Entopia Building and Jesus College, representatives from a range of sectors including business, media, innovation debated…

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