Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership: Education (CISL)

2024 has been quite the year. And so, we're looking back at the work CISL has achieved to advance thinking and accelerate action to address sustainability challenges in these turbulent times. Take a read of some of our highlights (#CISLWrapped, if you will) 👇 Next year needs to see momentum build at even greater speed to transform markets and economies to deliver for people, nature and climate. We're looking forward to collaborating with stakeholders, startups, businesses, global state and non-state actors, our growing Network and many more to create a cleaner, fairer, and more prosperous future for all in 2025 and beyond. 👉Read our full Annual Review here: https://lnkd.in/gX958cUX

Cressida Strachan, the 2024 incoming Programme Director, reflects as we recognise 30 years of the Business and Sustainability Programme (BSP) at CISL. Read more to see her take on how the landscape of sustainability and the programme have changed over the last 30 years.

💡Our self-paced #OnlineCourse, #SustainableFinance Foundations: Banking, Investment, and Insurance is for learners looking to develop foundational knowledge of the risks of the global sustainability crisis and opportunities for a #SustainableTransition in the finance sector. You will gain actionable insights to help you embed impact and sustainability risk mitigation into your practice.    Book your place here 👉 https://ow.ly/lNWt50RY4p9  🎤Lindsay Hooper, CISL’s CEO, shares who the course is relevant for. 👇  #SustainableFinance #SustainableTransition #OnlineCourse

🎆As the year concludes and the future draws near, We reflect on ideas that inspire and steer. 🎅Brishni Mukhopadhyay, CFA, a PCSB Supervisor so wise, Shares his thoughts on AI, finance, and how sustainability ties. 💪From AI tracking emissions and reshaping value chains, To finance aligning with sustainability gains. ⚖️He highlights the balance of risk, ethics, and goals, And the role of leaders in advancing these roles. 🪄 With insights on ESG and investments that steer, He paints a future where both impact and profit appear. 🥂A toast to Brishni, for guiding the way, And to the PCSB, where bold ideas stay. 🎁 This Christmas, gift yourself a chance to lead, To drive sustainable systems change and plant the seed. 🧠 Click below to explore and join the quest, For a brighter future, we welcome the best. 🎄Thank you to all PCSB Staff for a wonderful year! PCSB supervisors: Oliver Dudok van Heel, Brishni Mukhopadhyay, CFA, Ken Caplan, Dr Kate Simpson, Lina K Wiles, ALISON THOMPSON, Justin DeKoszmovszky, Beth Knight, Cindy Berman, Fiona Charnley, Ian Ellison, David Lawrence, Ellie Standen, Erinch Sahan CISL Team: Dr Tanja Collavo, Sophia Upton, Olivia Horne, Benjamin Boddington, Kathy Cheng, Ellen Mumford and Alexa Sellwood https://lnkd.in/gdUDCkM4 Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership: Education (CISL) #sustainablebusiness #sustainability #sustainabilityleadership #CISL

💡 CISL’s new self-paced #OnlineCourse, Renewable Energy Foundations for Business is now open for bookings! This course has been designed to provide critical introductory knowledge, rooted in systems thinking, of the transition to #RenewableEnergy and its opportunities. You leave with the knowledge, skills and confidence to proactively contribute to it and change the system. To book your place visit the course page. 👉https://ow.ly/CZfC50UtfPZ 🎤Dr Jan Rosenow, course lead and energy analyst and scholar, explains why this course is important. #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy #OnlineCourse

This fall I completed the "Governance for a Sustainable Future" course at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). The course focused on governance principles and frameworks. If you're an ESG lawyer involved in governance or a sustainability professional who wants to take a deep dive on corporate governance philosophy and how to better integrate sustainability into corporate governance-- this course is for you. Highly recommend it. We did a thorough review of emerging theories of governance, frameworks for implementing good corporate governance practices, and how to integrate sustainability into a company's governance framework effectively. The materials were interesting and top notch. The assignments and discussion groups were practical and useful. There were ample opportunities for deep learning, even for people who have spent a great deal of time in this space already, and it certainly advanced my thinking on these issues as a practitioner and as a sustainable governance superfan and nerd. https://lnkd.in/eERxGs9F Given a busy work schedule, I took the course at night and on the weekends, but NVIDIA reimbursed me for it. Very grateful for the opportunity and appreciate that NVIDIA supports professional development by providing readily available funds for learning. 💚

🌍2024 has been a pivotal year for CISL and the sustainability movement more widely. 🚀Today we launch our 2024 Annual Review spotlighting how we have delivered impact this year in pursuit of a sustainable economy. 🌡️2024 has been another year of extremes with global temperatures tipping 1.5 degrees, rapid biodiversity loss and international negotiations largely failing to deliver. ❓Confidence in the sustainability movement has faltered, raising big questions about where we go from here. This year CISL has asked these questions of itself, recognising that “sustainability as usual” hasn’t worked and has no realistic prospect of doing so. 📖This report includes examples of how CISL has worked with the private sector and entrepreneurs to accelerate action to design new systems, build new markets, transform whole sectors and systems, and foster innovation-driven solutions that align sustainability and competitiveness. 🔎True leadership in the year ahead will require honesty about the tough choices and the necessary changes that lie ahead, and an ambitious and clear-sighted focus on accelerating real-world change to reshape economies and markets. 💚We look forward to working with others across Cambridge and our international network to forge a cleaner, greener, fairer and more prosperous future for all. Read the full CISL Annual Review 2024 here👉 https://lnkd.in/gX958cUX

This year we are delighted to celebrate the 30th cohort of the Master's in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) and a new name: Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment. In embracing our new name, we declare our intention and commitment to bringing about positive change through education, engagement and empowerment.   Hear from past and current Course Directors about the achievements of Alumni as we look forward to the next 30 years of sustainability in the built environment: Tim Forman, Kayla Friedman, Sebastian Macmillan, Robin Spence. #CISL #CISLSustainableBuiltEnvironment #SustainabilityLeadership #UniversityOfCambridge #PostgraduateStudies #LeadershipDevelopment #SustainableBuilding #BuiltEnvironment

Our self-paced #OnlineCourse, #SustainableBusiness Foundations is for learners across all levels, functions and industries within the business ecosystem, looking to develop their knowledge of #SustainableBusiness. The course provides the latest insights into the individual and collective action needed for a #SustainableTransition.  “Businesses cannot deliver sustainability through a small team of specialists; it really needs to be integrated within the core of the business”, shares course lead Oliver Dudok van Heel. For a preview of the course, take a look at the video below and book your place here. 👉  https://ow.ly/za3H50Tcj3g

💥We are delighted to announce that CISL’s new self-paced #OnlineCourse, Sustainability Innovation Strategy for Businesses and Entrepreneurs is now open for bookings through University of Cambridge Online! 💡This course has been designed with the team behind the Canopy (CISL) , our international community of sustainability innovators and entrepreneurs, to provide skills to enable businesses, entrepreneurs and investors to integrate sustainability into their innovation strategy. 👩🏻💻 The course takes 6-8 hours to complete. You can start studying at any time and have access for 12 months. 🎤 Hear from James Cole, Chief Innovation Officer, CISL to understand why this course is important. To book your place visit the course page. 👉https://ow.ly/iMUi50UqwHH Sam Laakkonen Jie Zhou Viola Jardon Håkan Nordkvist