14 September 2020
Sept 2020 - Dec 2020: In a critical year for climate action, five years on from the landmark Paris Agreement and with the clock ticking for countries to ratchet up ambition before the end of the 2020, CEOs from over 170 businesses, investors and business and investor networks, including Deutsche Bank, Google, IKEA and Unilever, are calling on EU policymakers to support an EU 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target of at least 55 per cent, necessary to raise the pace and focus of transition efforts for the EU to become a climate-neutral continent by 2050.
Salesforce joins CLG Europe and The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group
30 July 2020
July 2020 – Salesforce, the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), bringing companies closer to their customers in the digital age, is the latest organisation to join as a full member of both CLG Europe and The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG), two cross-sectoral business leadership groups convened across the EU and the UK in support of a climate neutral economy.
Webinar series 2020: Greening the economic recovery in line with climate neutrality
24 July 2020
In 2020, the Green Growth Partnership organised a a series of events on ‘Greening the economic recovery in line with climate neutrality: From commitments to action’. Webinar recordings Launch webinar: Greening the economic recovery in line with climate neutrality: From commitments to action -...
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.
25 June 2020
This knowledge hub includes thought leadership from the European Corporate Leaders Group and the UK Corporate Leaders Group on how policymakers and business leaders can back a green economic recovery that puts Europe and the UK on the path towards economic renewal and climate neutrality.
15 June 2020
18 June 2020 – The Covid-19 pandemic is confronting Europe with a deep health, social and economic crisis that is upending business-as-usual. Evidence shows that green investments can create jobs and kick-start economic activity while increasing its resilience in the long term. The European Green Deal can set the foundations for the transition towards a more productive, resilient and climate neutral European economy, including by enabling ambitious political and business action.
European Corporate Leaders Group rapid reaction and analysis of EU Recovery Package
27 May 2020
27 May 2020 – CLG Europe responds to the EU Recovery Package.
26 May 2020
27 May 2020 – Explore the key elements of the EU Industrial Strategy and the Circular Economy Action Plans that can help drive forward the decarbonisation of industry in alignment with net zero emissions by 2050 whilst simultaneously strengthening the competitiveness of EU industry.
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.
