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Blog: Building blocks for a sustainable future

9 December 2020

16 December 2020 - As EU member states draft their National Recovery & Resilience Plans, Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs Signify, and CLG Europe Chair, underlines the climate benefits and cost savings of channelling green recovery investments into building renovation and energy saving technologies.

Blog: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital to UK decarbonisation – how do we meaningfully engage them?

8 October 2020

8 October 2020 – Beverley Cornaby, Senior Programme Manager, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group reflects on how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can help shift the UK economy towards net zero by 2050.

Blog: Green growth - investing in low carbon infrastructure

16 July 2020

16 July 2020 - Colin Matthews, Chairman of EDF Energy and co-chair of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, urges UK organisations to commit to rebuilding the economy and tackling climate change.

Blog: Hot air won’t power our green recovery – the time for action is now

15 July 2020

16 July 2020 - Peter Simpson, Chief Executive of Anglian Water and co-chair of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, makes the case for business to step up and build a green recovery by acting on ambition.

Blog: Heavy industry has a historic opportunity to build back better and double down on decarbonisation

2 July 2020

2 July 2020 – Could heavy industry companies capitalise on this moment to meet climate commitments, or will the opportunity be lost in the blast furnace of European politics, asks CLG Europe Programme Manager Chris Carroll.

Blog: A green business blueprint for a resilient Covid-19 recovery in Europe

18 June 2020

18 June 2020 – The European Council must now take the chance to create a healthier, fairer and secure environment, argues Ursula Woodburn of the European Corporate Leaders Group.

The climate neutral future: Together we can build Europe’s new normal

12 May 2020

12 May 2020 – Head of Global Public & Government Affairs Signify and CLG Europe Chair Harry Verhaar urges European policy makers and business leaders to back a green economic recovery that puts Europe on the path towards climate neutrality.

CLG Europe urges EU to maintain its climate ambition

7 May 2020

7 May 2020 – The Director of CLG Europe, Eliot Whittington, has written to the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today to underline that CLG Europe continues to strongly support the EU’s climate ambition and the Green Deal as the EU’s growth strategy.

Blog: As we rebuild, we must avoid sleepwalking into the next crisis

9 April 2020

9 April 2020 – The future we create for our society and our planet will depend on agile, compassionate leadership, argues Eliot Whittington, Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups

Blog: Carbon neutrality by 2050 makes sense

8 May 2019

8 May 2019 – To stay within the boundaries of the Paris Agreement, Europe needs to accelerate efforts to achieve a carbon neutral future and put climate change at the top of the EU agenda. Frank van der Vloed highlights five key steps that are critical for businesses to make the transition.

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