ORCA

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Organisation of Radical Cambridge Activist for Environmental Liberation No single issue activist group from Cambridge, we organise around influence of ecocidal, genocidal, colonial and fascist actors in Cambridge, UK. https://linktr.ee/orca_4_el

The entrance of the Hilton Cambridge, with a few columns and arches. One column has graffiti-ed "ICE OPERATES HERE", and in front of one of the arches is a glass structure that reads "Hilton". The walls are yellow-ish and the paint is orange.
A picture of a wall, with a Hilton logo, a street name (Corn Exchange Street) and a graffiti-ed text "ICE OPERATES HERE". The graffiti is orange and the Hilton logo has been spray painted orange.
Black text with gothic font reads: We projected videos by London Mining Network on CISL’s building. We heard from some of the people affected by the companies that CISL greenwashes: Bladimir Martinez, from Puno in Peru, explained the ravages that Anglo American is doing in Peru. Igor Díaz talked about the struggle that workers from the Cerrejon mine in Columbia have faced against BHP, Anglo American and Glencore.
Text in black gothic font on red background says: We heard from some of the people affected by the companies that CISL greenwashes: We listened to communities damaged by Anglo-American in South America.
We gathered some friends to talk about the horrors that CISL does. Speeches talked about how the University is deeply enmeshed with those companies that are destroying lives all around the world. On Black Friday, we remembered that we can fight against the neo-colonial capitalist system. Same aesthetics as previous slide.
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What should change? CISL must drop Ibrahim Al’Zubi and investigate their other associates for connections with the fossil fuel industry and genocide financing. CISL must cut all ties to genocidal states. It is not ethical to sustain the economies of Israel and the UAE as they profit from atrocities. We continue to stand against CISL’s model of extractive, colonial “sustainability”. We know it is possible for academic institutions to lend their power to grassroots justice movements. Put people over profits, and imagine a world beyond the extractivist capitalism system.
CISL and the UAE a greenwashing partnership Ibrahim Al-Zu'bi is head of sustainability at ADNOC and senior associate at CISL. He is also working for the UAE government. The Abu-Dhabi National Oil Corporation (ADNOC) is the biggest oil company in the UAE and the 12th biggest in the world, owned by the UAE government. You might know its CEO as the host of COP28. CISL recently told us they were not working with oil companies - this seems to have been untrue.
The University of Cambridge is complicit in the massacres in Sudan via its “sustainability” institute, CISL.
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The Realities of State Racism A speaker from Forensic Architecture gave insight into the realities of state racism They told stories of trials they’d been to, of how they were in much smaller courts with few to no public observers Judges show clear bias towards police defendants, and media outlets smear the names of the victims, branding them as dangerous criminals deserving of death In a country which alleges to have abandoned capital punishment, the state works hard to excuse and protect those who routinely murder its own citizens
More than just Police and Prisons State violence and the carceral system aren’t confined to the prison system and murders by cops Speakers told stories of medical neglect, their family members left bleeding and injured while “first responders” chased down “suspects”, or handcuffed before being given first aid State violence includes the recruitment of racialized minorities to the police, where they’re left adrift amid abuse and used as a tool to whitewash the police’s reputation The underlying systems are racist, not just the police and courts. Until that changes, it doesn’t matter how many cops are ever tried for their crimes, the violence will continue
Supporting the victims of state violence A group from ORCA went to the United Friends and Families Campaign’s march October 25th The UFFC has been active for over two decades, comprised of families who have lost loved ones to state violence working to support each other in seeking justice Every year they march from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street There were lots of amazing speeches on the realities of state violence, and what can be done about it, here are some of our key takeaways
Picture of the "Entopia Building", home of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, on Park Terrace in Cambridge. The brick wall has text "No Arms, No Oil, No Empire" in a stencil font. A hand-written "Free Gaza" can be seen below.
Greenwashing in action Ambler Metals in a joint company between Trilogy Metals and South32. South32 is a multinational corporation with head-quarters in Perth, Australia. They are issued from the splint in 2015 of BHP Billiton, that you might know for their very long environmental degradations and human rights abuses. South32 is part of CISL’s Corporate Leaders Group, a networking place for corporate execute with a slight touch of sustainability in the name. There, they convienne and discuss with other massive extractive companies such as Anglo-American. CISL’s greenwashing allow South32 and Ambler metal to justify their position as critical mineral producers.
A defense project The US department of war has announced a partnership with Ambler Metals for strategic metals. They are going to be used to build more and more sofisticated killing machines. The US government has also announced a 15% investment in Trilogy Metals, one of the 2 parent companies of Ambler Metals. Trump also wants to make some money out of this. This Project is US Imperialism.
Harmful to the Land The road would cross and impact 11 major and hundreds of minor rivers, all important to more than 20 species of fish (some essential to local communities). The construction, vehicles, and mines are all liable to pollute the crossed rivers and surrounding wetlands, increasing concentrations of heavy metals like lead. The project was rejected by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in June of 2024 before Trump reversed the decision in 2025.
Text reads: Cambridge "Sustainable" partner in Trump War Project The background is a open-sky mine, and there are elements of South32 logo
Have you heard of Dinky Doors? We are proud to present Stinky Doors A portal from Cambridge to the pollution enabled by one Cambridge laboratory and SLB
On purple and green background, text reads: You can help! 3 of 3: share this CISL’s reputation is only good if no one knows about their complicity Share this to your story, send it to people who might be interested, or work in sustainability to let them know how double-faced CISL is.
On purple and green background, text reads: You can help! 2 of 3: send an email Let’s put pressure on CISL and let them know that we’re not falling for their lies Find our linkinbio, or the description for a template email and the email addresses If you know a professor at Cambridge, or someone in a society, tell them to do so!
On purple and green background, text reads: You can help! 1 of 3: rate them online Go on google maps, yelp, or any platform where you can leave a review, and express your outrage at the reputation laundering that CISL does. CISL gets their profits by having the reputation of a respectable cambridge uni insitute. If we expose their lies, people will be reluctant to buy their reputation services.
On a orange and green background, text reads: But that’s not all They are also working with Boeing in the Aviation Impact Accelerator. Boeing has just announced selling 2 new planes to israel, with funding from the USA. This will increase the range of the IDF’s planes and allow bombing further and further countries. A report by CAAT this year exposed half of the UK research in sustainable aviation as working to build arms.
On a orange and purple background, text reads: Never heard of CISL? They are a green-washing tool that the University of Cambridge sells to companies. For example, they produced in 2023 a report on the “extensive sustainability improvements” for a Rolls-Royce factory that produces part of the F35 that are used by Israel in the genocide in Palestine Shutting down the reputation laundering machine would impact their capacity of lobbying their way out of accountability.
On a orange and purple background, text reads: CISL is helping the war machine by laundering the reputation of Rolls-Royce and Boeing, arms manufacturers involved in the genocide in Palestine. Here is how YOU can help stop them
Screenshot of a website. A heading in white text on black says « Activists Glue Locks Shut at Barclays in Cambridge » followed by an image of a notice wheatpasted to a window which says « we have closed this bank today » in near handwritten text.
Text on a blueish background with some purple and brown drops. Text reads: Campaign focus #3 (swipe until you guess who this is) This CISL partner is on the official Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions list End Cambridge Green Colonialism
Text on a blueish background with some purple and brown drops. Text reads: Campaign focus #3 (swipe until you guess who this is) This company is a member of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership's 'ClimateWise' insurers group End Cambridge Green Colonialism
Text on purple background with soft-round green and orange patterns. Text reads: Campaign focus #1 We will be targeting CISL's ties with ... Coca-Cola® Sustainable Lies? CUT ALL TIES End Cambridge Green Colonialism
In white text: CISL's model is harmful In smaller black text: The work that CISL does is harmful in two main ways. 1) They greenwash violent companies like Coca-Cola, AXA and Total, providing them with social legitimacy by continuing to work with them. 2) They promote “solutions” to environmental breakdown which are harmful in themselves, e.g., “carbon credits” which are predicated on neo-colonial seizure of land, and mining of “transition minerals” using violent exploitation in the DRC.
A purple, orance and green swirly background. In the middle, there is a picture of two people holding a banner that says "CISL: Leading in Greenwashing". Their faces are covered with little orcas. The text at the top of the graphic says "CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT" and below the picture it says "Sustainable Lies? CUT ALL TIES". Below that, there are two logos. One of them is the logo of ORCA, the other is the campaign logo, which also says Sustainable Lies? CUT ALL TIES.
A photograph of a person holding a sign saying: “Disability Rights are Human Rights!!” in rainbow lettering.
Top left text saying “Fight Back Against Welfare Cuts”. Top right the DPAC logo (DPAC in a black triangle with fists coming out of it, enclosed in a multicoloured circle). Middle text saying “On Weds 26th March, Cambridge rallied against proposed cuts to disability benefits”. Bottom is a photograph of three people holding signs that read “Welfare Not Warfare”, “They’s rather bomb kids than fund PIP” and “Life costs us more”. Photo credit to Ann Galpin.