Zoë Loughlin

Head of Canopy Innovation Community, CISL

Zoë leads the Canopy Innovation Community at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), supporting impact driven founders and entrepreneurs to scale sustainability innovation.

Beyond her role at CISL Zoë has over 10 years’ experience working in sustainability across the public and third sector and in the innovation ecosystem. She has specialised knowledge on circular economy and sustainable food systems, previously working at Sustain (the Alliance for Better Food and Farming), the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Waste Partnership, WasteWatch, Glopolis, and Green Alliance. A former founder, Zoë also cofounded a social enterprise focused on food waste reduction and held voluntary positions as Hub leader at Cambridge FoodCycle and on the Board for Cambridge Sustainable Food. Zoë joined CISL in 2016, working across programme marketing, external communications, publications, network development, and the Unilever Young Entrepreneurship Awards, before moving to her current role in 2022.