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Above, Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO, EDF discusses why we need a vision of net zero by 2050.

 

EDF's recent engagement with the Corporate Leaders Group


CLG UK rapid reaction to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

11 March 2025

11 March 2025 - Today, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government introduced its Planning and Infrastructure Bill to Parliament. Bev Cornaby, CLG UK Director, provided comments on this announcement.

CLG UK announces Anne Chassagnette, CSO at Johnson Matthey, as its new co-chair

8 March 2025

08 March 2025 - The UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) is is delighted to announce the appointment of its new co-chair, Anne Chassagnette, Chief Sustainability Officer at Johnson Matthey.

CLG UK rapid reaction to the Climate Change Committee's Seventh Carbon Budget advice

26 February 2025

26 February 2025 - Today the Climate Change Committee provided its advice to the UK government on the level of the Seventh Carbon Budget (2038-2042). CLG UK provided comments on the published advice.

CLG UK confirmed as a member of the Net Zero Council

6 February 2025

06 February 2025 - The UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) is delighted to confirm Beverley Cornaby, Director of CLG UK, will be sitting on the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's recently relaunched Net Zero Council.

CLG UK rapid reaction to Defra's announcement of £2.65bn for flood defences

5 February 2025

05 February 2025 - Following the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs's (Defra) announcement of £2.65 billion for flood defences, Bev Cornaby, Director the UK Corporate Leaders Group, commented:

Net zero: Are there any reasons for optimism in 2025?

3 February 2025

03 February 2025 - Whatever the White House does, it won't change the market fundamentals driving the net zero transition, writes Beverley Cornaby, Director of the UK Corporate Leaders Group.

CLG UK reacts to the UK's NDC ICTU submission

30 January 2025

30 January 2025 - CLG UK reacts to the UK's NDC ICTU submission, setting out how it will deliver on its 2035 carbon emissions reduction target.

CLG UK's Net Zero Parliamentary Business Showcase

11 December 2024

11 December 2024 - “If you want to show leadership, you have to act,” said the Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma, at the Net Zero Parliamentary Business Showcase, hosted by the UK Corporate Leaders Group, held on Tuesday 10 December. Lord Sharma was delivering his remarks, alongside Julia King, The Baroness Brown of Cambridge...

UK Corporate Leaders Group's impact wrap-up from COP29

3 December 2024

03 December 2024 - As an official sponsor of the UK's COP29 and COP30 Pavilion, the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) increased its presence and visibility at this year’s UN climate convention leading many high-level events, convening cross-sectoral experts and forging stronger business-government engagement.

CLG UK rapid reaction to the Autumn Statement 2024

30 October 2024

30 October 2024 - Today's Autumn Statement outlined the Chancellor's choices and decisions about the nation's finances. The UK Corporate Leaders Group has provided a rapid reaction to the contents of today's announcement.

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"The Corporate Leaders Group is a wonderful platform to meet stakeholders and have a dialogue on sustainability at a European level."

Claude Nahon, Senior Vice President, Sustainable Development, EDF Group

Why we need a vision of net zero

 

Why governments should set a target of net zero by 2050

 

Why governments should set a target of net zero by 2050 part 2

 

Showing leadership in sustainability

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