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Powering the Transition: Latin America’s Business Voice at COP30

17 December 2025

17 December 2025 – This year, Latin America’s business leaders stepped forward to make their voices heard in the COP process. The Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth (IABN) united companies and non-governmental stakeholders to call for the policy conditions needed to accelerate an inclusive, nature-positive energy transition in the region. In a pivotal year for climate action, the Network demonstrated how cross-border business collaboration can help drive implementation and ambition.

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.

CLG Europe: 10 Business Principles for High-Integrity Nature-Based GHG removals

19 November 2025

19 November 2025 - CLG Europe has released a new set of Business Principles for Nature-Based GHG removals, providing a clear blueprint for credible, responsible and science-aligned corporate investment in nature-based solutions.

Driving economic growth: How the UK’s climate targets unlock business action and investment

10 November 2025

10 November 2025 - A briefing by CLG UK and We Mean Business Coalition examines how the UK’s updated 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) can drive growth, competitiveness and innovation, while managing climate risks and delivering a socially inclusive transition.

Emma Pinchbeck, CEO, Climate Change Committee, meets with CLG UK and CISL representatives during Cambridge visit

30 October 2025

29 October 2025 - Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, met with CLG UK, Cambridge Zero and CISL colleagues in our Cambridge office to explore how we can create more impact through collaboration and find opportunities for the CCC to work more closely with business leaders.

UK Corporate Leaders Group at COP30 - Belém, 10-21 November 2025

29 October 2025

The 30th annual Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change summit, known as COP30, will be held in Belém, Brazil, from 10-21 November 2025. As an official sponsor or the UK's COP30 Pavilion, the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) will have a presence at this year's UN climate convention, leading high-level events, convening cross-sectoral experts and forging stronger business-government engagement.

Breakfast briefing: Business investment in decarbonisation and the Clean Industrial Deal

16 October 2025

16 October 2025 - Business and investors met policymakers in the European Parliament to discuss the enabling conditions for industrial decarbonisation and long-term competitiveness in Europe.

Business and investors call on the EU to deliver an effective Clean Industrial Deal

15 October 2025

5 December 2025 - Over 140 businesses and investors from across Europe and the value chain, including Signify, Danish Chamber of Commerce, Mirova, Ingka Group, EDF, CCLA Investment Management, ACCIONA, ROCKWOOL, Vattenfall, VELUX, Volvo Cars, are calling EU policymakers to secure its future competitiveness and technological leadership through a clear and effective roadmap for the Clean Industrial Deal.

B20 South Africa Recommendations: Get Real and Get Granular

13 October 2025

15 October 2025 – This CISL Africa paper analyses B20 South Africa recommendations and outlines priorities for African business engagement in the G20 process