the prince of wales’s business & sustainability programme

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The Prince of Wales’sBusiness & Sustainability Programme

International programme for senior executives

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The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is a globally influential Institute developing leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy. We believe the economy can be ‘rewired’, through focused collaboration between business, government and finance institutions, to deliver positive outcomes for people and environment. For over three decades we have been at the forefront of sustainability leadership, developing the knowledge and capabilities of individuals and organisations to catalyse change and accelerate the path to a sustainable economy.

Our purpose

Patron HRH The Prince of Wales

Offices Cambridge, Cape Town and Brussels

Leadership Groups • Corporate Leaders Groups on climate change • Banking Environment Initiative • Investment Leaders Group • ClimateWise for the insurance sector • Natural Capital Impact Group

Network 16,000 alumni and network members 250+ major clients annually

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30 years of sustainability leadership Established in 1994, the Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme (BSP) is an international programme for senior executives in leadership roles. We have worked with over 3,330 alumni from 1,650 organisations and the programme has become a global benchmark in sustainability leadership education.

The programme equips leaders with the knowledge, commitment, inspiration and access to a global network, to turn sustainability trends into strategic business decisions. It gives leaders the confidence to respond to key social, economic and environmental priorities by providing a safe space for sharing, innovation and collaboration.


In the heart of CambridgeIn the city where the atom was first split, the structure of DNA was discovered and Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution, Cambridge – with its rich history of academic excellence – is a unique seat of learning for the UK seminars.

Madingley Hall, 16th century Set in seven acres of spectacular gardens and grounds, Madingley Hall provides a memorable setting and a unique space for reflection and rebooting.

The Møller Centre, 1992 The Møller Centre is a world-class, residential leadership development and conference centre at Churchill College.

King’s College, 1441King’s College was founded by Henry VI and is one of 31 colleges in the University of Cambridge.

Peterhouse, 1284Peterhouse is the oldest college in the University. It is the venue for BSP evening lectures, as well as dinners in the historical Combination Room.

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Extending the heart of Cambridge to the worldIn 2020, CISL pivoted to delivering a virtual Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme, the first of its kind in its 26-year history. The programme has been redesigned specifically for an online audience, underpinned by a bespoke, interactive virtual classroom that provides a learning environment to explore concepts and networks with peers.

We continue to deliver seminars internationally in Cape Town, South Africa and Melbourne, Australia – subject to guidance from governments and the University of Cambridge. The Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme also launches in Singapore in 2022.

Melbourne, AustraliaThe Mansion Hotel at Werribee Park28 November–1 December 2021 & 6-9 March 2022

Cape Town, South AfricaSpier Hotel & Conference Centre, Stellenbosch5-8 December 2021

Singapore Venue to be confirmed3-6 April 2022

Virtual Learning 7-11 June 2021


Programme objectives Businesses can unlock significant commercial opportunities by helping to address social, economic and environmental challenges.

The Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme focuses on the successful management of change.

It is designed to help businesses reconcile profitability and sustainability. Participants are encouraged to review their business models to set a vision for what success looks like in the future, and help create an enabling framework.

Interactive learning modelEach seminar takes place across three and a half days, or five half days for virtual learning, with approximately 35 senior executives. Participants begin their engagement in advance of the seminar through tailored conversations, a sustainable business survey and selected pre-reading.

The seminars encourage participants to test their assumptions and learn from peers whilst making the most of a unique residential or virtual learning environment and the experts in the room. Seminars use a combination of lectures, case-study presentations, group discussions, individual reflections, debates, networking and external activities. A series of lightly facilitated small-group conversations help participants reflect on their leadership journey, share challenges and co-create responses.

• The need for effective business leadership, in the context of global trends, such as food, water and energy security, social equity, consumption and the circular economy, supply chain resilience, sustainable finance and investment and climate change.

• The framework for sustainable outcomes, including the Sustainable Development Goals, the wider regulatory market and technological shifts and disruptions, and the business risks and opportunities they create.

• The case for a sustainable business approach, touching the organisational purpose, its role in working with customers, investors, and policymakers, and the commercial case for sustainability.

• The way to operationalise sustainability, setting strategies, exploring new business models, and building capacity to create shared value.

• The role of individual leadership, framing a vision for a sustainable business, the priorities for change and bringing others on board.

Key themes:


Benefits for participants

• gain a critical understanding of the key social, economic, environmental and market trends and identify implications for their business.

• learn with leaders across different sectors from around the world in a safe space.

• engage with the latest evidence and thought leadership from the University of Cambridge and influential experts.

• strengthen leadership skills for a changing context and a sustainable economy.

• leave inspired, with the knowledge and confidence to drive change for sustainable business and a plan for action.

• join a valuable network of international leaders from business, government and civil society.

• CISL liaison: regular touchpoints in the first year to support progress and networking.

• Alumni events: CISL and its international Ambassadors organise educational and social events worldwide including keynote lectures and Gala Dinners.

• LinkedIn: join our private LinkedIn group and contribute to discussions and network online.

• CISL’s latest insights: regular updates on international sustainability developments intended to reinforce and update your knowledge. Alumni will also have the unique opportunity to be involved and contribute to innovative research such as Rewiring the Economy and Rewiring Leadership.

• Business platforms: an opportunity for executives to convene around key sustainability issues, identify solutions and advocate change.

Find out more about the CISL Network at www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/network

CISL NetworkParticipants on the programme go on to join CISL’s global network of over 16,000 senior leaders and leading practitioners from across all sectors and continents. As part of the global CISL Network, you will have access to:

The programme is for organisations and individual leaders who seek to better understand and explore the opportunity of sustainability. Through the programme, participants:

An extraordinary, well-structured and facilitated programme. A rollercoaster of emotions culminating in a clear plan on how to take this forward and make a difference.

Gary Bull Head of Finance and Business Performance: Procurement, SABMiller



The delegates

Each seminar includes a mix of carefully selected senior executives from different backgrounds. Recent cohorts have included:

Chief Executive Bank of Communications

Director of Public Affairs European Investment Bank

Director Government Relations & Public Affairs - Europe Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

Director of Environmental Sustainability AstraZeneca UK Limited

Product Lead Google Labs

Chief Transformation Officer Body Shop International Plc

Marketing Vice President AB InBev

Chief Officer, Performance and Innovation Scottish Environment Protection Agency

CEO Emcor Group

Group Chief Operating Officer QBE Group

CEO, Europe LaSalle Investment Management

Global Director Novo Nordisk AS

Vice President, Worldwide Brand Management Capability Procter & Gamble

Group Executive Nedbank

President Skanska S.A.

Global Director Energy & Commodities ABN AMRO Bank

Group Commercial Director Kingfisher plc

CEO Tata Cleantech Capital

Chief Advisor Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

General Counsel Nespresso

Global Head of Investor Relations InterContinental Hotels Group

Global Head of Marketing Old Mutual plc

Chief Executive Officer, Belgium & Luxemburg Nestlé

Global HR Director Unilever

What our alumni say

A lifetime experience of packing your suitcase with the right content, network, inspiration and encouragement.

An incredible roller coaster ride through global warming, sustainability, inequality and what to do about it. The course provides you with many interesting perspectives and gives you tools to help you while testing your personal commitment to act.

A challenging, thought provoking and transformative programme that will help you to consider and to assess your organisation’s and your personal role in contributing to sustainable development.


CISL delivers an outstanding program to senior professionals and offers a great opportunity to network with peers.

The quality of the teaching and organisation of the event was exceptional. The content was inspirational, evidence based and practical. As a direct result of the course, I have identified a number of actions that I will take and which will strengthen my leadership and delivery.

The content, faculty, organisation and the cohort are all first rate. If there were any doubt about the urgency of issues facing leaders in both the private and the public sectors, this program quickly dispels it.

Joanna Mainguy, Industry Solution Manager, Microsoft Limited

Dr Bernardo Ivo Cruz, Executive Board Member, Portuguese Development Financial Institution

Claudia Millo, Global Corporate Communications, Ferrero International

Gary Seib, Partner, Baker McKenzie

Christian Steffens, Country Head UniCredit SpA, UniCredit Bank AG

Jo Green, Chief Officer, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

The most impactful and useful course I have ever done. The blend of facts, reality and leadership skills have equipped me to have the right conversations and affect change in my organisation. There is a lot to do, but I come away armed with the knowledge that if we work together, companies can solve the crisis we find ourselves in.

Laura Simmons, Head of Responsible Procurement, InterContinental Hotels Group


The faculty

Our faculty consists of business leaders, academics and other influential thinkers who are expert facilitators with a proven track record of supporting senior individuals develop their thinking and approach as sustainable business leaders. These may include some of the following people.

Anton Cartright Anton is an economist at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. His research is focused on the interactions between ecological degradation and human well-being in cities.

He is director of Econologic where he has completed contracts for the World Bank, The European Union, DfID, WWF, local and international companies, NGOs and local governments. He is the founder of the Promoting Access to Carbon Equity (PACE) centre, which enables small-scale renewable energy and energy efficiency projects to benefit from carbon market investments. He is an associate of the Stockholm Environment Institute and a Senior Associate at CISL.


Dr Alan Knight OBEAlan has over 25 years’ experience of working with global and national companies and governments on sustainability. He joined the world’s largest steel company ArcelorMittal in April 2014 as their General Manager for Corporate Responsibility. Before that he was Sustainability Director for Business and the Community (BITC) where he oversaw all their Corporate Sustainability programmes.

Alan advised the Virgin Group on sustainable development for seven years and is still involved in the Virgin Earth Challenge: Sir Richard Branson’s $25m prize for scalable, sustainable ways of removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Previously he has worked with companies as diverse as B&Q, Kingfisher and SABMiller. He is a Senior Associate at CISL and chairs the UK Task Force on Sustainable Growing Media and for nine years, was a commissioner with the Sustainable Development Commission.

Anna LungleyAs Chief Sustainability Officer, Dentsu International, Anna works at the intersect of strategy, communications and sustainability helping organisations embed purpose at the heart of everything they do. She has a proven track record of identifying and driving the development of strategic business opportunities that match the capabilities of the business to society’s global challenges. Anna is also a Senior Associate at CISL

Previously, Anna spent five years as Sustainable Business Director for BT Group plc where she was also an advisor to the UK government on digital inclusion. Under Anna’s direction BT established itself as a global leader in digital inclusion, launching new services aimed at supporting the most vulnerable in society. Anna also launched ground-breaking partnerships with brands and NGOs, including Barclays, Novartis, Coca-Cola, the British Asian Trust and UNICEF, to promote equal access through digital to education, employment and health.


The faculty (continued)


Really excellent. World class contributors and world class learning environment.

Mashudu Ramono Mashudu is Founder & Chief Executive Officer of the Mitochondria Energy Company. He is an entrepreneur in transition to sustainable entrepreneurship, an aspirant futurist and an adherent, advocate, agent, promoter and student of sustainability, symbiotic existence and transdisciplinary studies and director of companies with extensive experience in listed and unlisted companies in South Africa.

He has founded several companies, including biomimicry inspired Mitochondria Energy Company. Previously, he served on the boards of several companies including being Chairman of Airports Company South Africa, listed Johnnic Communications and African Harvest, Trade & Investment Limpopo, Platinum Trust of South Africa, Domba Trust and Non-Executive director of Transnet, Johnnic Industrial Holdings, Coronation Holdings and Delta Electrical Industries. Currently he serves on the boards of Chevron South Africa, Avon and Dedisa Peaking Power Companies and is a Senior Associate at CISL.

Paul GildingPaul is an independent writer, corporate advisor and advocate for action on climate change and sustainability. As a Fellow of CISL he has been an activist and social entrepreneur for 35 years and was formally CEO of Greenpeace International.

He has worked with Boards and executives of leading global companies including Unilever, BHP Billiton, DSM, Ford and DuPont. He is a widely recognised global authority on the economic and business strategy implications of sustainability and climate change.

He has written a range of papers and articles, including “The Mother of All Conflicts” on climate change and security and “The One Degree War Plan” (with J Randers) on mobilising the global economy to address climate change. His book “The Great Disruption” has been widely acclaimed.


Sam Mostyn AOSam is a Non-Executive Director, sustainability adviser and Senior Associate of CISL. She has held Non-Executive Director positions on boards including Mirvac, Citibank, CoverMore, Transurban and Virgin Australia, and has held positions with multiple non-government organisations including President of Chief Executive Women. Her corporate roles have encompassed human resources and culture change, corporate and government affairs, community engagement and corporate sustainability.

Sam has been awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day 2021 Honours List, ‘for distinguished service to business and sustainability, and to the community, through seminal contributions to a range of organisations, and to women.’



Philippe JoubertAs Founder of Earth on Board, Philippe leads an ecosystem of sustainability actors dedicated to informing and helping Boards to put sustainability at the centre of the company’s strategy, achieving an Earth Competent Board.

He is Trustee of Client Earth, Senior Advisor and Special Envoy Energy and Climate for WBCSD, Member of the International Advisory Board of the World Energy Council (WEC), former Chairman of HRH The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change, Fellow and Member of CISL’s Advisory Board and Advisor to several CEOs of leading global companies in the area of Sustainability and International Development.

Tony Juniper CBETony is Chair of Natural England, which is the official nature conservation agency. He speaks and writes widely on conservation and sustainability themes, and has authored many books, including the multi-award-winning bestseller ‘What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?’ (published 2013), ‘Rainforest‘ (published 2018) and ‘The Ladybird Guide to Climate Change’, co-authored with HRH The Prince of Wales and Emily Shuckburgh (published 2017).

Previously, he was Executive Director for Advocacy and Campaigns at WWF-UK and President of the Wildlife Trusts, and The Prince of Wales’s Independent Sustainability and Environmental Advisor. He has also worked for Birdlife International and Friends of the Earth and has helped a wide range of companies to develop leading sustainability strategies.




Many of our regular faculty are also members of the BSP Global Steering Committee, a group that meets regularly to discuss trends that are affecting senior decision-makers. The goal of the Committee is to ensure that the core curriculum of the programme is cutting-edge challenging and globally applicable.

Will DayFor the past 10 years, Will has been Sustainability Advisor to PwC UK where he works regularly with senior staff at Board and Executive team level from global and large national companies, and governments to help them better understand and identify the strategic risks and opportunities that accompany the rapidly evolving global context.

As well as being a Fellow of CISL, he is Chairman of Sainsbury’s Foundation Advisory Board, Advisory Board member SDGLead, Chairman of On Purpose and Member of the Council of Ambassadors of WWF (UK). Previously, he was Chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission, a member of P&G’s Sustainability Advisory Board, helped establish Comic Relief, Chairman of BBC Children in Need Appeal and was Special Advisor to the UNDP.

Ylva LindbergYlva is responsible for leading strategy and communications at the Norwegian Development Finance Institution. She has more than 20 years business experience, including as a marketing professional with Orkla, consultant with McKinsey & Company and equity analyst at KLP Asset Management. She is board member of Lærdal Medical and member representing the public on the Norwegian Press Complaints Commission as well as being a Senior Associate at CISL.

Previously, she was the founder and managing director of SIGLA, a boutique consultancy dedicated to turning sustainability into business opportunities, Member of Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, board member of the private equity owned recycling company Norsk Gjenvinning, board member of the family office CentraGruppen, member of the BMO GAM Responsible Investment Advisory Council and board chair of WWF-Norway.


Prof Will Steffen, The great accelerationWill is an Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, and a Senior Fellow at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden.

Dr Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Climate science and storiesEmily is a climate scientist and is the Director of Cambridge Zero, the University of Cambridge’s climate change initiative.

Prof Marc Le Menestrel, Ethics and sustainabilityMarc is a decision scientist who works on rational behaviour, the foundations of measurement and ethical business.

Ian Ellison, Sustainable value creationIan formally led Sustainability in Product Development with Jaguar Land Rover. This included large-scale circular economy projects and the use of science to drive sustainable product development and business strategy. This led to the development of JLRs first electric vehicle.

Prof Gerry Gilmore, Leadership lessons from the Milky WayGerry is the Professor of Experimental Philosophy at the Institute of Astronomy, and is the UK lead for the ESA Gaia mission.

Tom Burke CBE, Global geopoliticsTom is the Chairman of E3G, Third Generation Environmentalism, and a Visiting Professor at both Imperial and University Colleges, London.

Håkan Nordkvist, Setting bold ambitionsHakan is Head of Sustainability Innovation, in INGKA Group Sustainability. His role is to lead sustainability innovation to transform IKEA and create value for customers.

Louise Ellison, Net Positive strategiesAs Head of Sustainability at Hammerson, Louise is responsible for developing Hammerson’s Positive Places.

Lebo Nke, Creating change – the future of workLebo leads partnerships and advocacy efforts at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator.

Mary-Jane Morifi, Leadership challenges Mary-Jane is the Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer of Tiger Brands. She previously led the Global Capital Campaign for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Trust.

Vanessa Otto Mentz, Strategising sustainabilityAs a change practitioner, researcher, lecturer and coach Vanessa focuses on strategising and organisational sustainability.

Zoë Arden, Building your personal leadershipZoë is an independent leadership specialist. She focuses on high impact leadership, communications and stakeholder engagement.

Expert contributorsWe draw upon leading international thinkers and practitioners for their in-depth knowledge of key topics. Recent contributors have included:



Application and fees

DatesCambridge, UK: 7-10 November 2021 24-27 April 2022

Virtual, regions compatible with BST a.m. attendance: 7-11 June 2021


Pricing

Category Online UK South Africa Australia Singapore

High-income countries

£3,500 Vat exempt

£4,500 Vat exempt

R90,100 +Vat

AUD$8,500+GST TBC

Rest of the world countries

£1,500 Vat exempt

£2,100 Vat exempt

R42,000 +Vat

AUD$3,700 +GST TBC

How to applywww.cisl.cam.ac.uk/bsp

Singapore: 3-6 April 2022

Melbourne, Australia: 28 November - 1 December 2021 6-9 March 2022

Cape Town, South Africa: 5-8 December 2021

Please refer to our website for further details of our seminar fees. We currently offer preferential pricing for companies willing to send participants regularly to the BSP in Singapore, South Africa and Australia; please email [email protected] to find out more.


Our programmes are informed by the role that business, financial markets and government institutions can play to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and are designed to shape the ambition and the capacity of these institutions to succeed commercially by driving change.

Rewiring the Economy is our ten-year plan aimed at business, government and finance leaders which lays the foundations for a sustainable economy and the delivery of the SDGs. A set of ten interconnected tasks are offered to guide the structural and cultural changes necessary to achieve a sustainable economy which rewardsbusinesses that deliver positive social and environmental outcomes.

Ten tasks for economic leaders: Rewiring the Economy

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1: Measure the right things,set the right targetsGovernments can set bold targets for social and environmental progress, and adopt new measures to track how well the economy is delivering them.

2: Align incentives to support better outcomesGovernments can use regulation and fiscal policy to pursue environmental and social goals and support sustainable business models.

3: Drive socially-useful innovationGovernments can use every opportunity to create drivers and incentives for innovation aligned with core sustainability goals, and should exemplify and enable sustainable business.

7: Align organisational purpose, strategy and business modelsWithin a commercial context businesses can explicitly set out to improve people’s lives whilst operating within the natural boundaries set by the planet.

8: Set evidence-based targets, measure andbe transparentBusinesses can contribute to a sustainable future by setting bold evidence-based targets, measuring the right things and reporting progress..

9: Embed sustainabilityin practices and decisionsBusinesses can embed new ways of thinking in their operational practices and decision making.

10: Engage, collaborateand advocate changeBusinesses can use their influence to engage communities, and build public and government appetite for sustainable business.

4: Ensure capital acts for the long termInvestors of capital can demand more from their money, using their influence to drive long-term, socially useful value creation in the economy in the interests of their beneficiaries.

5: Price capital according to the true costs of business activitiesCapital providers, and those who regulate them, can jointly consider how to reflect social and environmental risk factors in the cost of capital.

6: Innovate financial structures to better serve sustainable businessFinancial intermediaries in particular can apply their influence and creativity to increasing the flow of capital into business models that serve society’s interests.


‘The future we want, the leadership we need’: Rewiring Leadership As more businesses realise that they need to adjust their strategy to make progress in the context of a more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world, they must find ways to develop leaders differently.

Today’s approaches to leadership development are simply not delivering the leadership capabilities required for long-term business success. Our work shows that some leading organisations are successfully rethinking their leadership development strategy to meet the changing environment, but many organisations are yet to recognise the scale of change required.

Organisations need a new form of leadership development which helps them to reframe their purpose, strategy, culture – even their fundamental approach to value creation.

Our experience developing leaders over 30 years shows that with the right learning culture and interventions we can enable employees and organisations to lead with purpose and high impact, delivering commercial performance through contributing positively to society and the environment.


We bring together business, government and finance groups to tackle challenges they could not solve alone.

These groups include:

The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders GroupA cross-section of European business leaders that advocates forward-looking solutions on climate change to policymakers and business peers.

Our business and policy leaderships groups give a collective voice to business, government and finance leaders, enabling them to influence policy and practice. We unite partners around problems of shared interest and work, helping them to identify solutions and advocate change. In doing so we foster an exchange of ideas across traditional boundaries to generate new, actionable thinking.

Supporting collective action towards a sustainable economy

Banking Environment InitiativeSome of the world’s largest banks working to lead their industry in directing capital towards sustainable economic development.

Centre for Business TransformationCISL’s Centre for Business Transformation works with businesses and their stakeholders to align strategy, purpose and ambition with long-term value creation for society.

ClimateWise for the insurance sectorInsurers who share a commitment to reducing the impact of climate change on society and the insurance industry.

Natural Capital Impact GroupCompanies working collaboratively to determine how business can sustain the natural world and its resources through their strategies and operating practices.

Investment Leaders GroupManagers and asset owners focused on shifting the investment community towards responsible, long-term value creation.

Centre for Policy and Industrial Transformation The Centre for Policy and Industrial Transformation develops high-impact, systemic solutions to drive policy and industrial change towards a sustainable economy.

Centre for Sustainable Finance Centre for Sustainable Finance is helping financial institutions and those who regulate them to play a catalytic role in achieving a sustainable economy.


For more information please contact: Alice Spencer, Programme Director: [email protected]

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