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Read more at: CLG Europe open letter to the Competitiveness Council underlines support for green recovery and industrial policy aligned with EU climate targets
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CLG Europe open letter to the Competitiveness Council underlines support for green recovery and industrial policy aligned with EU climate targets

18 February 2021 – CLG Europe Director Eliot Whittington sent a letter to the Ministers of the Competitiveness Council including a number of recommendations to better ensure the Recovery and Resilience Plans and the EU industrial policy are aligned with EU climate targets and the Green Deal growth strategy.

Read more at: Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups joins distinguished leaders and peers from around the globe in signing a letter urging President Joe Biden to take bold climate action
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Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups joins distinguished leaders and peers from around the globe in signing a letter urging President Joe Biden to take bold climate action

25 January 2021 – Eliot Whittington, Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups, has joined 153 leaders from across the world in signing a letter urging US President Joe Biden to be the President “who will lead humanity off the cliff-edge” of the climate crisis and who will take bold climate action to build back better. Read the letter, which appeared in the New York Times on 24 January, 2021, below.

Read more at: Blog: Business must show support for government progress towards a climate resilient economy – it's our responsibility to act now
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Blog: Business must show support for government progress towards a climate resilient economy – it's our responsibility to act now

18 December 2020 - Peter Simpson, Chief Executive of Anglian Water and co-chair of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, reflects on why the business community has its own responsibility to act, and must give the government confidence to provide bold action towards a climate resilient economy.

Read more at: European Corporate Leaders Group welcomes EUCO adoption of net EU 2030 climate target of at least 55%
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European Corporate Leaders Group welcomes EUCO adoption of net EU 2030 climate target of at least 55%

11 December 2020 – On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement EU leaders have agreed a 2030 emissions cut of at least 55%, delivering a significant step forward on climate action. This welcome move comes after the European Corporate Leaders Group coordinated a letter of 200 signatories from the business and finance sectors calling for EU ambition on its near-term emissions pledge to be raised.

Read more at: Blog: Building blocks for a sustainable future
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Blog: Building blocks for a sustainable future

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.

Read more at: Blog: Building on the Ten Point Plan
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Blog: Building on the Ten Point Plan

4 December 2020 – Eliot Whittington presents a new analysis with Cambridge Econometrics that suggests the government's plan to accelerate the Green Industrial Revolution will not yet put the country on track to meet its net zero goals.

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