Event: Corporate Energy Series, Paris, 21–22 May 2019
6 March 2019
The inaugural Corporate Energy Series Europe, will explore solutions for corporates to reach 100% renewable electricity. The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group have partnered with Green Power Global to present the event.
Blog: A long-term vision for a climate neutral EU can jumpstart a faltering European economy
4 March 2019
4 March 2019 – Top business leaders believe that the transition to a climate neutral economy will create new opportunities for Europe. As EU energy and environment ministers meet in the coming days, they must realise this and adopt policies for the long-term, say Eliot Whittington, Director, Corporate Leaders Group.
15 February 2019
18 February 2019 – The Prince of Wales's 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.
CLG policy briefing: Ten years of UK climate action under the Climate Change Act
25 January 2019
25 January 2019 – This new CLG briefing looks at what has changed in the ten years since the UK Climate Change Act was passed.
Policy Briefing: Ten years of UK climate action under the Climate Change Act
25 January 2019
January 2019 – The United Kingdom (UK) Climate Change Act received royal assent on 26 November 2008, creating a legal architecture for British climate action that was unprecedented in its scope, scale and ambition. The UK Climate Change Act has since been emulated by many other countries. This briefing looks at what has changed in the ten years since the UK Climate Change Act was passed.
Blog: How climate action is transforming the very fabric of business
18 December 2018
18 December 2018 – Karl Henrik Sundström is CEO of StoraEnso, a provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wood construction and paper and member of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group. Here he reflects on the need for governments to publically commit to net zero carbon emissions to lay down the indicators of success for businesses.
Event: CLG and CISL at COP24, 2-14 December 2018, Katowice, Poland
5 December 2018
The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) will be present at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24). This is the most important round of climate negotiations since COP21, aiming to finalise the practical implementation of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Blog: How Europe can lead the way to a prosperous, zero carbon economy
28 November 2018
28 November 2018 – Eliot Whittington, Director of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group reflects on the EU’s opportunity to become the first major economic region to formally commit to the rapid and complete decarbonisation necessary to create a stronger and more circular economy.
EU Commission presents vision for achieving a clean planet by 2050
26 November 2018
28 November 2018 – Today the European Commission set out its long term vision for a climate neutral and prosperous Europe, aiming to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and contribute to the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Letter from CEOs to UK Prime Minister calls for a net zero emissions goal by 2050
23 November 2018
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.
