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

Four new CISL Network Ambassadors announced

Stuart Mitchell

CISL is delighted to announce the appointments of Khanyi Mlambo, Simon Wong, Perses Bilimoria and Daniel Vaughan as Network Ambassadors.    Khanyi will represent the CISL Network in South Africa, Simon in Japan, Perses in India, and Daniel in Hong Kong.    The expansion of CISL’s ambassadorship programme reflects CISL’s commitment to driving wide-reaching impact on a global scale. Promising ideas and solutions for addressing the challenges we face originate in every part of the world. CISL’s global Network is a key mechanism for identifying and scaling these. An extraordinary worldwide…

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Just Earth: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) host launch event for Tony Juniper’s new book

Stuart Mitchell

CISL and CCI recently hosted an event to celebrate the launch of Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet, the latest book by Tony Juniper CBE.   Just Earth shows how inequality underpin the biodiversity and climate crises which are ravaging our planet – and the crises cannot be solved unless society deals with the unfairness and injustice faced by our most vulnerable communities.  Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England and CISL Fellow, began by explaining how he came to write the book: “[Carbon emissions] have been…

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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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