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

CISL launches a new College membership option for their Master’s students

Stuart Mitchell

Starting this year CISL’s Master’s in Sustainability Leadership applicants can choose St Edmund’s to be their ‘home’ in Cambridge. From September, when the application window opens for cohorts joining in 2026, applicants to the Master’s in Sustainability Leadership can choose St Edmund’s as their College. St Edmund’s joins colleges where we have existing relationships, i.e. Fitzwilliam, and Robinson Colleges. Master’s in Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment students will continue to be members of Wolfson College. Although students can choose any College at Cambridge, these four Colleges are well placed…

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership welcomes new Fellows and Senior Associates

Stuart Mitchell

Over the past year the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has welcomed a distinguished group of new Fellows and Senior Associates to its global network of sustainability leaders.  These appointments reflect CISL’s commitment to advancing thought leadership, fostering innovation, and driving collaboration across academia, business, government, and finance. The new Fellows and Senior Associates bring deep expertise across diverse fields – from environmental NGOs and sustainable aviation research to sustainable finance – further strengthening CISL’s mission to catalyse transformative change towards a sustainable economy.  Lindsay Hooper, CEO,…

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CISL and The Crown Estate announce major partnership

Stuart Mitchell

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and The Crown Estate have announced a major new partnership to accelerate sustainable innovation and collaboration in the built environment and support nature recovery across the UK.  As the founding partner of CISL’s new Living Lab, The Crown Estate will work with CISL to fast-track the adoption of sustainable solutions and innovations across the built environment.   Based in Cambridge’s pioneering Entopia Building, a deep sustainable retrofit, the Living Lab brings together businesses, innovators, researchers, and policymakers to collaborate, test, and…

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MUFG joins CISL’s Investment Leaders Group

Stuart Mitchell

MUFG Asset Management (MUFG AM), under its financial group MUFG, is the latest organisation to join the Investment Leaders Group (ILG), underlining its initiatives to promote sustainable investing and commitment to advancing economic, social and environmental sustainability throughout the investment chain.  Partnering with MUFG AM, a prestigious Tier 1 financial group in Japan, presents the Investment Leaders Group with the excellent opportunity to build on CISL’s strong work across Asia, combining the academic rigour of Cambridge with MUFG AM’s strong and growing sustainability foundations, while driving sustainable investment practices in…

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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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