Business leaders urge member states to endorse net zero by 2050 to secure a competitive future for Europe
18 December 2019 – The Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group has issued a position statement in support of the EU Long Term Strategy and is calling on EU Member States to secure Europe’s competitiveness by prioritising net-zero goals by 2050.
Letter from CEOs to UK Prime Minister calls for a net zero emissions goal by 2050
26 November 2018 – Members of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) have written to Prime Minister Theresa May, calling on the UK Government to fulfil the promises made in the Paris Climate Agreement and aim for net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest.
Letter from the Corporate Leaders Group to the Environment Council on the EU’s climate ambitions
4 October 2018 – The Corporate Leaders Group has published a letter to Environment Ministers outlining why the EU’s leadership is essential in achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. With this long-term view in place, the EU will inevitably need to upwardly review its interim targets for 2030 to make sure they capture the progress to date and are consistent with these goals.
Aiming for Zero: Long-term certainty for economic prosperity
12 September 2018 – The Paris Agreement is a historic landmark for both international diplomacy and action on climate change. The Agreement sets out an ambition, and a framework, to limit climate change and global temperature rise to well below 2°C, with efforts to limit this to 1.5 °C. To be Paris compliant, and to have any hope of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 °C, it is clear from the latest science that global emissions must now fall to net-zero as early as possible in the second half of this century. For developed economies such as the EU’s, whose leadership is essential in this, the achievement of net zero emissions must therefore be by 2050 at the latest.
Leading businesses and investors urge the UK to show leadership towards a zero carbon economy
A letter from leading companies and investors, sent to the Prime Minister yesterday, urges the UK government to raise ambition to tackle climate change and show leadership towards a stronger, more prosperous and sustainable economy.
Blog: Business to EU governments: Make Europe’s Industries Great Again
23 June 2017 – To survive and thrive, Europe needs to regain its proactive approach to policymaking to ensure that its industries are given the right signals to compete by being both low carbon and high value, writes Jill Duggan, Director of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group.
Leading business urge EU to show ambition on climate change
15 June 2017 – Leading international companies with operations in Europe have written to European environment, climate and energy ministers ahead of the June Environment and Energy Council meetings, urging them to support a continued focus on action to tackle climate change.
Blog: Countries and regions seizing low carbon opportunities are best positioned for a brighter future
2 June 2017 – Eliot Whittington, Deputy Director, Corporate Leaders Group, discusses how the Paris Climate Agreement, and the overall commitment to address climate change it represents, is still alive and well, despite US withdrawal from the Agreement.
Letter from the CLG to the Members of the European Parliament
14 February 2017 – The letter calls on MEPs to vote for increased ambition for the EU ETS.
The CLG provides a written submission to the UK Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee inquiry on leaving the EU
23 December 2016 – The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group have provided a written submission to the UK Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee inquiry on Leaving the EU: negotiation priorities for energy and climate change policy.
Letter from the CLG to EU Ministers ahead of the Environment Council on 19 December
15 December 2016 – Letter calls on the EU to ensure the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is fit for purpose.
Press release: Business and subnational leaders call for long-term climate plans
16 November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco – Business and subnational leaders today called on governments to start planning for long-term climate strategies now in order to unlock the investments needed for the transition to a zero carbon economy.
Press release: Entry into force of the Paris Agreement marks the beginning of a new era, says Corporate Leaders Group
4 November 2016, Cambridge – Business leaders today welcomed the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Press release: Corporate Leaders Group welcomes Europe’s ratification of the Paris Agreement and early entry into force
5 October 2016, Cambridge – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group today welcomed Europe’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, triggering an early entry into force at COP22 in Marrakesh next month.
Press release: Corporate Leaders Group urges EU to fast-track ratification of Paris Agreement without weakening ambition
29 September 2016, Brussels / Cambridge – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group urges Europe to ratify the Paris Agreement without undermining its climate agenda.
Press release: Corporate Leaders Group calls for swift EU ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
21 September 2016, New York – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group today called on the EU to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as soon as possible to trigger its entry into force.
Corporate Leaders Group unites with trade unions and civil society to demand higher ambition on climate action from EU leaders
20 April 2016 – As Ministers and Heads of State travel to New York for the signing of the Paris Agreement, the CLG joins with the European Trade Union Confederation and Climate Action Network Europe to demand that EU legislation is aligned with the Paris Agreement.
Budget 2016: Corporate Leaders Group Deputy Director Eliot Whittington’s response to the Chancellor’s Budget
17 March 2016 – The Budget for the next generation missed the opportunity to inspire a low carbon vision for the UK despite having some positive steps in the right direction.
Letter sent to the Chancellor ahead of the Budget
14 March 2016 – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) calls for the Chancellor to commit to a thriving low carbon UK plc in his 2016 Budget.
European business, local authorities, civil society and trade unions want EU leaders to live up to their Paris commitments
2 March 2016 – Today a major new coalition of businesses, cities, trade unions and NGO, are calling on EU leaders to act on the Paris Agreement and ensure that EU climate policies are coherent with its goals.
Press release: Businesses call for bold reform of Emissions Trading System to raise carbon price
17 February 2016 – Today, heads of some of Europe’s largest businesses called for decisive reform to the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), as a vital first step to demonstrate commitment to delivering the ambition enshrined in the Paris Agreement.
Blog: Business as usual is dead: How businesses are transcending boundaries to fight climate change
26 January 2016 – Philippe Joubert, Chair of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group and Senior Adviser at WBCSD, reflects on the outcome of COP21 and calls on businesses to take a leading role in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change.
L’Appel de Paris / Paris Pledge for Action
16 December 2015 – Global businesses, investors, cities and regions make Paris Pledge to meet or exceed the ambition set by the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Press release: Business leaders ask for clear long-term emissions goal to be included in Paris climate deal
Paris, 9 December 2015 – With just 48 hours to go before the end of the COP21 UN climate conference, business organisations working with thousands of corporations and investors urged world leaders to ensure that a clear and specific long-term emissions goal is included in the final Paris agreement.
Press release: Leading built environment businesses commit to work together to deliver ultra low energy buildings
Paris, 3 December 2015 – 16 leading European companies from across the built environment have taken a new energy efficiency commitment today for the buildings supply chain, to help drive delivery of ‘nearly zero energy buildings’ (nZEB) for new build by 2020, and refurbished buildings by 2030.
Press release: Paris Climate Change Conference opens with unprecedented call by governments and businesses to end fossil fuel subsidies
Paris, 30 November 2015 – An unprecedented coalition of close to 40 governments, hundreds of businesses and influential international organisations has called today for accelerated action to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, a move that would help bridge the gap to keep global temperature rise below 2°C.
Comment by Eliot Whittington on Amber Rudd’s energy policy announcements
18 November 2015 – The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has set a clear direction of travel towards decarbonisation, but more is needed on energy efficiency, says our Deputy Director.
Press release: The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group calls on G20 Leaders to fulfil their six-year-old pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies
13 November 2015 – Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It would also benefit the wider economy.
Press release: Business leaders urge Finance ministers to step up their efforts to support Paris climate deal – 2 November 2015
News: The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group asks EU to take action to reform fossil fuel subsidies and carbon price
22 October 2015 – Business leaders from The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group today urged European Environment Ministers to take bold steps to reform the EU Emissions Trading System and phase out fossil fuel subsidies.
