One of the main roles of the Corporate Leaders Group is to develop and document insights from the business community that can help support stronger climate action. These outputs underpin many of the key milestones achieved by the CLG over time.The Corporate Leaders Groups' work covers a range of topics, and the current priority areas are highlighted below. Further themes and categories can be found in the right-hand column. |
Key themes
Aiming for zero |
Energy |
Industrial strategy |
Low carbon buildings |
Transport and mobility |
Just transition and green recovery |
Latest thought leadership
29 January 2025
16 December 2024 - Policymakers and businesses discussed how to align the Clean Industrial Deal with the objectives of the EU Green Deal, to drive competitiveness and innovation while setting the course for a robust 2040 climate target.
CLG UK's Net Zero Parliamentary Business Showcase
11 December 2024
11 December 2024 - “If you want to show leadership, you have to act,” said the Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma, at the Net Zero Parliamentary Business Showcase, hosted by the UK Corporate Leaders Group, held on Tuesday 10 December. Lord Sharma was delivering his remarks, alongside Julia King, The Baroness Brown of Cambridge...
UK Corporate Leaders Group's impact wrap-up from COP29
3 December 2024
03 December 2024 - As an official sponsor of the UK's COP29 and COP30 Pavilion, the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) increased its presence and visibility at this year’s UN climate convention leading many high-level events, convening cross-sectoral experts and forging stronger business-government engagement.
Blog: The UK is back as a global climate leader: Can it get the rest of the world to follow?
29 November 2024
29 November 2024 – The UK's enhanced presence, effort and ambition at COP29 was keenly felt by other countries and observers at the Summit, writes Beverley Cornaby from CISL's Corporate Leaders Group in BusinessGreen .
Blog: CISL at COP29: Climate action will continue because it makes business sense
11 November 2024
11 November 2024 – Sophie Miremadi and Alex O’dell, co-chairs of CISL’s UK Corporate Leaders Group, look ahead to COP29 with optimism.
Blog: Businesses want clear and consistent climate messaging from government
6 November 2024
6 November 2024 - If the key message from government at the Budget was 'invest, invest, invest', businesses' message in return is 'deliver, deliver, deliver', writes Beverley Cornaby in BusinessGreen.
CLG UK rapid reaction to the Autumn Statement 2024
30 October 2024
30 October 2024 - Today's Autumn Statement outlined the Chancellor's 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.
26 October 2024
26 October 2024 - More than 50 businesses, investors and financial institutions have signed a letter, put forward by the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK), urging the government to reassert its climate leadership on the world stage.
Policy Briefing: Making it happen: UK climate leadership through five actions in five years
26 October 2024
26 October 2024 – A briefing by the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) examines the policies that the UK government needs to prioritise in the next five years to demonstrate leadership in the decade of delivery.
17 October 2024
The Green Growth Summit, the flagship high level event of the Green Growth Partnership, took place on 16 December in Brussels and online. The Summit brought together Ministers and State Secretaries of the Green Growth Group and high-level representatives from the European institutions and business. In a context of the...
