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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

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CISL is an impact-led institute at the University of Cambridge that activates leadership to transform economies for people, nature & climate. We work across business, finance and government to accelerate action for a sustainable future. www.cisl.cam.ac.uk

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 01/09/2026
🗽 New York, we're coming. At #ClimateWeekNYC 2026, CISL will be exploring how markets, policy and finance can unlock sustainable growth and resilience, while convening two flagship events on 22 Sept. See our programme: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/events/climate-w…
Stunning aerial view of New York City skyline against a dramatic sunset sky with vibrant lights.
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 07/07/2026
Water is one of the defining constraints on Cambridge's future growth. Through CISL's #LivingLab, we're helping to test and validate practical water-efficiency solutions that support a growing economy while strengthening resilience. 💧 Read more: ow.ly/MNvU50Zlays
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 22/06/2026
Launching at London Climate Action Week: Cambridge: Investing in Climate Innovation - a new prospectus showing how Cambridge is translating world‑leading science into scalable solutions and investable opportunities across key systems. 👉 ow.ly/FMWu50ZeFrQ
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Cambridge Zero @cambridgezero.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌏 and we are extending an invitation to come to the University of Cambridge and hear about the state of Planetary Health from a global expert Professor Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood. 🔗https://buytickets.at/cambridgezero/2218130 #NowForClimate #CambridgeZero
Poster for a public lecture titled 'The Operating System of Life: Why Planetary Health is the Story of this Century' by Prof Tan Sri Dr Jamilah Mahmood. Event details: 26th June 2026, 18:30 - 20:00 at Ray Dolby Centre, Cambridge West. Followed by a fireside chat with Prof Emily Shuckburgh and Prof Bhaskar Vira. Organised by Cambridge Zero. Logos of University of Cambridge and London Climate Action Week are visible.
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 17/03/2026
🥳CISL's Canopy has been named by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s Leading Start‑Up Hubs - for the 3rd year running. 🏆 #10 in the UK 🏆 Only Cambridge hub included Read more 👇 ow.ly/tE5n50Yv9np #CISL #ClimateTech #Startups #FTRanking
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 05/03/2026
We’re proud to partner with the $1M TERA‑Awards. CISL will help strengthen the programme’s impact framework for climate innovation on: 🤖 AI × Energy ⚡ NextGen Energy 🟢 Green Fuels 🔋 Storage & Conversion 💡 Energy Saving 🌐 Smart Energy Apply ow.ly/9LML50YpHCK
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 27/02/2026
👋Excited to welcome the third Trust in Sustainability Accelerator cohort, in partnership with BSI, to Cambridge! Nine global start-ups are advancing trusted, tech-enabled solutions for sustainable value chains. Learn more: ow.ly/xMkS50YmYN7
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 19/02/2026
🌿 The future of agri-food must be nature-positive. Join us in Brussels on 25 March for an all-day innovation sprint to scale sustainable business models. 📍 Sofitel Brussels Europe 🕘 09:00 start 🔗 Register: ow.ly/Nq7X50YifWT
Drone captures vibrant aerial view of tractors harvesting corn in Minnesota field.
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 10/02/2026
We’re stuck measuring problems instead of solving them. Rewiring finance means rethinking risk, valuing resilience & directing capital where it delivers real impact. In Forbes, Dr Nina Seega sets out Five Frontiers for Rewiring Finance. 👉https://ow.ly/b9yR50Yc9gB
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The Decade Of Competition Has Arrived, But Is The Global Financial System Ready For It
In an era of competitive sustainability, those who learn to integrate environmental resilience into their strategy will compete through a global transition.
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 05/02/2026
Support for bold climate action is waning in many G7 countries. Our report shows how leaders can rebuild public consent with a positive, credible vision: deliver gains, play to strengths, believe in better. Essential reading for policymakers & business 🔗 ow.ly/nnyn50Y8grn
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 28/01/2026
In 2025, sustainability moved from glossy goals to the hard reality of implementation. Despite the challenges, momentum proved resilient. Our Annual Review launches today - showing how Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership works to help leaders shape future markets 👉 ow.ly/Lh4c50Y4oPe
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 27/01/2026
Our Chief Systems Change Officer, Eliot Whittington, reflects on the conversations beyond the main stage at World Economic Forum #Davos and how better dialogue can unlock real-world progress in BusinessGreen Read here 👉https://ow.ly/mm4p50Y4nHs
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Beyond the Davos drama we need to actually work on making the world better
CISL's Eliot Whittington argues the Davos Summit talking shop needs to be followed by a renewed push to deliver the practical solutions that can help tackle escalating geopolitical insecurity
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 16/01/2026
🗞️Our CISL x L’Oréal’s €100 million sustainable innovation programme cohort member Kelpi spotlighted in Sustainable Packaging ow.ly/Z93h50XY7yX
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Kelpi chosen as one of 13 change makers to join L’Oréal’s €100 million sustainable innovation “L’Accelerator” programme
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 16/01/2026
🗞️Our sustainable innovation programme with L’Oréal covered in ESG Today ow.ly/IN6a50XY7sJ
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L’Oreal Backs 13 Climate, Nature and Circularity Solutions Startups - ESG Today
Global beauty company L’Oréal announced the first cohort of companies for its flagship €100 million sustainable innovation program, L’AcceleratOR, selecting 13 climate, nature, and circularity-focused startups, following a review of nearly 1,000 applications. Launched by L’Oreal last year, L’AcceleratOR was established to invest €100 million over five years to find, develop, pilot and scale technologies […]
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 16/01/2026
More media coverage of the inaugural cohort of our L’AcceleratOR programme in partnership with L'Oréal Groupe, a €100m programme designed to pilot and scale breakthrough solutions for climate, nature and circularity. 🗞️Vogue ow.ly/go8c50XY7eO
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Meet the 13 Startups Chosen for L’Oréal’s First Sustainability Accelerator
From fiber-based cosmetic packaging to recyclable fungi, these companies hope to advance the beauty industry’s sustainability efforts.
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 14/01/2026
Yahoo News on our CISL x L'Oreal L’AcceleratOR programme cohort, a €100m programme designed to pilot and scale breakthrough solutions for climate, nature and circularity. 👉https://ow.ly/AaqO50XWMcL
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First Cohort Revealed for L’Oréal’s Sustainable Innovation Program
Thirteen companies have joined the group’s L’AcceleratOR.
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 14/01/2026
🧪BusinessGreen covered the inaugural cohort of our L’AcceleratOR programme in partnership with L'Oréal Groupe. We're delighted that several of these companies are Canopy members, demonstrating its power in driving sustainable innovation at scale. ow.ly/uiUs50XWHE9
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Sustainable Innovation Accelerator: L'Oréal and CISL unveil first start-ups selected for €100m programme
Thirteen start-ups join first cohort of L'AcceleratOR programme, which aims to deliver critical sustainability solutions for the global beauty sector
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 25/11/2025
"#COP30 wasn't just a conference—it was a preview of our climate future. Belém showed us what's at stake." Dr Nina Seega shares her reflections on the key wins and remaining gaps in her latest Forbes piece: lnkd.in/eN_8ZAK3?utm_source=hootsui…
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 25/11/2025
🌍 “Multilateral agreements are difficult but this was a process that really mattered" Listen Eliot Whittington on why #COP30 still matters Times Radio 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I5P7svqOKg&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=hootsuite
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 13/11/2025
Writing for Reuters Teresa Ruiz-Tagle of CLG Chile outlines what LatAm businesses need to see from #COP30 to enable the clean energy transition. www.reuters.com/sustainability/clim…
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With the U.S. off the climate stage, Latin America is ready to lead
The U.S., once a driving force behind the Paris Agreement, has once again exited the Paris Agreement and is doubling down on fossil-fuel production. This sharp reversal under the Trump Administration underscores that the rest of the world can no longer afford to hinge its climate ambitions on U.S. domestic politics.
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 10/11/2025
As COP30 kicks off, CISL's Director for the Centre of Sustainable Finance, Dr Nina Seega, discusses how the conference presents an opportunity for the UK to 'lead on the world stage' on LBC 🎙️Listen here: youtu.be/DhIggprK-Uk?utm_source=hoo…
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 05/11/2025
📢 We're pleased to support the Ellen MacArthur Foundation #2030PlasticsAgenda for Business. 🔗 Join us to take the lead, have the opportunity to shape the market and set up for long-term resilience: ow.ly/XG9Y50XmAvz
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 18/09/2025
Business leaders today are caught between two stories: one of unstoppable progress, the other of mounting risk and eroding trust. Here, CISL CEO Lindsay explores the tension between these narratives—and how leaders are navigating and shaping the future of markets: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/blog/am...
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From Ambition to Strategy: shaping what comes next | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
16 September 2025 - Lindsay Hooper, CEO at CISL, discusses the tension shaping business leadership today: the promise of innovation and momentum toward sustainability versus the systemic risks and pol...
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 05/09/2025
👋 We welcomed @commonseac.parliament.uk to Cambridge yesterday alongside experts from finance, aviation, policy & the built environment to support MPs in shaping bold, green policy. 🔗: cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cisl-we... @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 29/08/2025
❓Are we on the edge of a disruption to the food and agricultural industries that is comparable to the energy transition already underway? CISL Fellow Paul Gilding argues in @financialtimes.com that a major market disruption is coming to the global food system Read here: on.ft.com/4n5cZ1p
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Renewable food is on the horizon
Industrial agriculture is failing us — but markets have found a solution
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 19/08/2025
👩‍⚕️Continuing our focus on where real market transformation takes place, this week we're shining a spotlight on health systems and how to unlock win-wins that support people’s health and the economy, and how businesses can support a healthier society. 👉 cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 14/08/2025
📢We're pleased to announce a new project with RICS. This collaboration aims to align CISL’s sustainability leadership expertise with RICS’ mission to achieve a built and natural environment that is sustainable, resilient and inclusive for all. 👉 ow.ly/EJPk50WG89L
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 07/08/2025
🏆 The Entopia Building – CISL’s retrofit HQ in Cambridge – has been shortlisted for the 2025 RIBA Reinvention Award! Already a multi-award winner, Entopia is a Living Lab for sustainable innovation in the built environment. More: bit.ly/EntopiaRIBA
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 05/08/2025
Last week, we welcomed leaders to the formal launch of the #LivingLab – a collaborative innovation community in our award-winning Entopia HQ. 👉 Join a knowledge, innovation & action community driving systemic change across the built environment sector: ow.ly/lNy450WzVcz
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 29/07/2025
🏡Did you know that Cambridge homes = 27% of the city's emissions? To hit #NetZero by 2030, @camcitco.bsky.social and @cisl.cam.ac.uk new report on scaling up retrofits details the 6 key actions with transformative climate, health and job benefits. Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/NZUg50WwBsb
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 28/07/2025
🏗️The built environment shapes how we all live, work and move. Find out how CISL is working with businesses, innovators, investors and policymakers to incubate new solutions, drive green building standards, and scale sustainable infrastructure cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 28/07/2025
👋We're delighted to have welcomed a distinguished group of new Fellows and Senior Associates to our global network of sustainability leaders over the past year. Read the full story www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 24/07/2025
🌍 A major market disruption is coming to the global food system. In our new paper, CISL Fellow Paul Gilding argues: transformation isn’t optional—it’s inevitable. Will we act fast enough to build a renewable food system, or face crisis? 🔗 Read more: ow.ly/OfnV50WuuR9
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 23/07/2025
🛒We need a systemic approach to local problems such as losing supermarket cafés, argues CISL Fellow @cazzerlee.bsky.social in her latest op ed for @thegrocer.bsky.social. Read👉https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/losing-supermarket-cafes-means-losing-vital-community-spaces/705859.article
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 21/07/2025
🚜🌾Land, food, and agriculture sit at the heart of society, playing a critical role in our economy, health and culture but also providing a powerful connection to climate and nature challenges. Discover how CISL is helping transform these systems 👉https://ow.ly/plS250WswA4
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 16/07/2025
📢👑We are pleased to announce our partnership with @thecrownestate.bsky.social to accelerate sustainable innovation and collaboration in the built environment and support nature recovery across the UK. Read the full story here: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news/cisl-an...
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 15/07/2025
📢 Announcing the Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth: a coalition of 17 groups driving sustainable, inclusive growth in Latin America. Ahead of #COP30 in Brazil, we commit to a just, resilient energy transition. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/greenIABN
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 14/07/2025
🔋The shift to electrify energy is accelerating, with innovations opening the door to a cheaper, efficient, cleaner & secure energy system. 🔦Find out how CISL is supporting this shift to accelerate #renewables, phase out #FossilFuels, & ensure access 👉 ow.ly/awtz50WpjMz
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 10/07/2025
🔓Blended finance is key to unlocking private capital for sustainable development in EMDEs—but risk perceptions, fragmentation & inefficiencies still block progress. Our new report explores barriers, solutions & pathways to scale. 🔗https://ow.ly/UPe850WntYw
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 08/07/2025
"Our report provides essential guidance for driving meaningful change, and offer[s] a strategic blueprint for organisations ready to lead.” The latest CISL x BSI report covered in @yahoonews.com today 👉https://www.yahoo.com/news/circularity-tipping-point-trust-bsi-185352730.html?guccounter=1
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 08/07/2025
In partnership with BSI we've launched a global study exploring trust as the key to accelerating circularity. Read the report 👉https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news-and-resources/publications/tipping-point-building-trust-circular-economy Explore the campaign 👉https://ow.ly/na7y50Wm8nI
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 01/07/2025
The global economy's future hinges on what markets value—but real impact happens in key sectors and places. Our new initiative, Transforming Systems, Sectors and Places, targets those sectors with the greatest ability to drive change. Learn more 👉 cisl.shorthandstories.com/transforming...
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Transforming Systems, Sectors and Places
The transformation of the global economy will be shaped by what markets value - but it’s what happens in specific sectors and places where impact counts and change needs to happen.
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 27/06/2025
We were thrilled to host a roundtable at Goals House during #LCAW2025 with our CIO @jamestweeets.bsky.social and co-host Rachel Barré, marking our new partnership with L'Oréal. We explored how to turn promising sustainability innovations into scalable global solutions. 🌍
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UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) @clg-uk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🗣️“We can do it because the economics are on our side... it’s so clear that this is the economic opportunity of the 21st century.” At our #BusinessLeadersSummit2025 during #LCAW, we heard from Rt Hon Ed Miliband & Rt Hon Sarah Jones MP. ow.ly/S6hq50WgYYj
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 26/06/2025
🌿 New report: "Building Capacity to Identify & Assess Nature-Related Financial Risks" — a collab by our Centre for Sustainable Finance team, DBS, UOB, OCBC explores financial impacts of nature-related risks. Read → cisl.cam.ac.uk/news-and-res...
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UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) @clg-uk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🗣️ Delighted to welcome Rt Hon Ed Miliband and and Rt Hon Sarah Jones MP to deliver keynote speeches at today’s BGA Business Leaders’ Summit during #LCAW2025 co-hosted with @aldersgategroup.bsky.social & supported by @theclimatepledge.bsky.social Stay tuned for our key takeaways from this event!
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 23/06/2025
Kicking off #LCAW2025, we convened a series of workshops today with a diverse group of stakeholders to explore insights to accelerating blended finance in EMDEs. Find out more about the rest of the events we'll be running 👉https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/events/london-climate-action-week-21-29-june-2025
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 23/06/2025
💄We’re delighted to announce our partnership with @lorealgroupe.bsky.social, launching a new accelerator programme run by our @cisl-canopy.bsky.social experts, which will seek & support startups, SMEs & established innovative companies with ready-to-pilot solutions. Apply 👉 ow.ly/aC8250WeRep
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Eliot Whittington @whittso.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
One key line from the new UK industrial strategy: "The transition to net zero is the economic opportunity of the century, one which will bring significant benefits for households, communities, businesses and the economy through good jobs, growth, energy security and lower bills." 🫳 🎤
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership @cisl.cam.ac.uk · 23/06/2025
🎡 We're in the capital kicking off our #LCAW2025 events today - ready for a week filled with action across sectors to drive transformative change, the focus of our new campaign, coming soon. Sign up here to make sure you don't miss it 👉web.cisl.cam.ac.uk/cn/arm1c/tsapr
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