Our latest thought leadership and research aims to inform and equip decision makers across business, finance and policy to lay the foundations for a sustainable economy.
Improving diets of young children in the context of household nutrition in urban Kenya
30 Sept 2025 – This policy brief, produced by CISL and Dalberg Research, examines factors shaping food consumption behaviours among urban households with children aged 6–23 months and highlights strategies to improve diets of young children as urbanisation proceeds in Kenya.
Addressing nutrient and diet affordability gaps for families in Urban Kenya: Insights from Busia Kenya.
30 Sept 2025 – This policy brief, produced by CISL, Save the Children (UK and Kenya), examines costs and affordability of nutritious diets for typical households with children aged 6–23 months in Busia Kenya, and highlights strategies for addressing diet affordability gaps for families with young children.
Projected Impact of climate change on household diets in Kenya
30 Sept 2025 – This policy brief, produced by CISL and the University of Leeds, assesses the impacts of projected 2050 climate scenarios on food production and nutrition security in Kenya, using both national and subnational data from Busia County in Western Kenya.
Finance, climate action plans and carbon markets: What to expect from COP30
11 September 2025 – Ahead of COP30 in November, CISL’s new briefing sets out what to expect from the negotiations, the elements needed for a successful outcome, and the leadership we need to see to help shape a just, nature-positive and resilient global economy. These insights will be invaluable for businesses planning to engage with COP30, as well as policymakers seeking to understand the dynamics at play this year.
Delivering retrofit at scale together: Better homes for healthier, resilient and stronger communities
29 July 2025 – A new report by CISL commissioned by Cambridge City Council with funding from the Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund identifies actionable strategies for scaling up energy efficiency and low carbon technology retrofits across Greater Cambridge, in support of the Council’s commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
Renewable Food - A Transformed and Renewable Food System Is Now Possible
24 July 2025 – The first in our new Future Visions series, a new report by CISL Fellow Paul Gilding argues that a major market-driven disruption of the global food system is not only imminent but already underway, challenging industry assumptions and highlighting both the risks and opportunities of inevitable transformation.
Beyond the Myths: From Perceptions to Practice in Scaling Blended Finance to EMDEs
10 July 2025 – Despite the promise of blended finance to mobilise private capital in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) at scale, persistent risk perceptions, ecosystem fragmentation, and structural barriers continue to hinder scale. This practitioner-led report distils insights from key stakeholders to unpack the current perceptions of risks and highlight actionable pathways to unlock private investment. The findings underscore the need for coordinated efforts to improve data, market infrastructure, and policy alignment across the blended finance ecosystem.
The Tipping Point: Building Trust in the Circular Economy
8 July 2025 - Developed in partnership with the British Standards Institute, the primary goal of this publication is to identify the "tipping point" for achieving trust in circularity and accelerating its adoption. Through in-depth stakeholder interviews and a global survey, the research aims to understand and address barriers to trust, drive behavioural change, and inform client needs regarding circular economic models.
Building Capacity to Identify and Assess Nature-Related Financial Risks
26 June 2025 – A use case developed as the result of a collaboration between CISL and three banks DBS, OCBC, UOB and supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), shows how banks can build internal capacity to better understand the nature risks and dependencies in their portfolios exemplified on the palm oil industry.
The Business Case for Integrated Retrofit: How banks, insurers, and the government can support healthy, efficient, and resilient homes
18 June 2025 – A joint research between Banking Environment Initiative and ClimateWise examines the socioeconomic and resilience benefits of building retrofit, and proposes business case for banks, insurance companies, and the government.
