Op-ed: Good COP or bad COP? Weighing up the Belém Summit's successes and failures
27 November 2025
27 November 2025 - COP30 may not have delivered the outcome climate science shows the world needs, but it demonstrated that the multilateral UN Paris Agreement process is alive, writes Corporate Leaders Group UK Director Bev Cornaby
CLG UK op-ed and rapid reaction to the Autumn Statement 2025
26 November 2025
26 November 2025 - Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented her Autumn Budget 2025 to Parliament, which outlines the 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.
Op-ed: If not net zero, then what?
22 September 2025
22 September 2025 - There is a clear role for companies of all sizes to speak up and share positive stories of how net zero is transforming their businesses, local communities, regions and the wider economy, writes Bev Cornaby, Director of the Corporate Leaders Group UK
Blog: Why the Spending Review could mark a pivotal UK moment for climate and growth
20 June 2025
20 June 2025 - The government could have sidelined climate policies in the Spending Review - instead it earmarked billions of pounds for the green economy, writes UK Corporate Leaders Group Director Beverley Cornaby.
Blog: EU climate targets are key to energy security and competitiveness
19 June 2025
The EU has a strategic opportunity to set robust and aligned climate targets for 2035 and 2040 which, combined with a comprehensive and coherent framework, can support and catalyse business action and investments that accelerate clean energy deployment, enhance competitiveness and strengthen energy security, positioning Europe as a global leader in the transition to a climate neutral economy.
Blog: New challenges mean business climate leadership must go mainstream
16 June 2025
16 June 2025 - New challenges mean business climate leadership must go mainstream, writes Eliot Whittington, Chief Systems Change Officer at CISL and Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups.
Net zero: The world has changed and we must change with it by acting now
10 April 2025
10 April 2025 - The UK's political consensus on climate change may be crumbling, but swift action from businesses can create and protect value from climate risks and secure the future of market-based economies, writes Bev Cornaby, director of the UK Corporate Leaders Group. First published in BusinessGreen.
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.
Blog: The UK is back as a global climate leader: Can it get the rest of the world to follow?
29 November 2024
29 November 2024 – The UK's enhanced presence, effort and ambition at COP29 was keenly felt by other countries and observers at the Summit, writes Beverley Cornaby from CISL's Corporate Leaders Group in BusinessGreen .
Blog: CISL at COP29: Climate action will continue because it makes business sense
11 November 2024
11 November 2024 – Sophie Miremadi and Alex O’dell, co-chairs of CISL’s UK Corporate Leaders Group, look ahead to COP29 with optimism.
