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
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...
CLG Europe’s Materials & Products Taskforce launch their new report at the European Parliament
11 October 2024
12 September 2024 – CLG Europe’s Materials & Products Taskforce launched their new report at the European Parliament and online: “ No Time to Waste: Driving the EU’s Resilience and Competitiveness through a Circular Economy ”. Gathering over 60 stakeholders including policymakers, businesses, and civil society representatives, the presentation of this timely new report was followed by a vigorous discussion about the next five years of the circular economy in the European Union.
10 October 2024
11 October 2024 – At Labour’s 100-day mark in government, the country faces critical climate milestones, including setting its next UK Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2035. It is essential that medium- and long-term climate targets and how to achieve them remain in the forefront of public discourse. This report calls for the UK government to focus on “delivery, delivery, delivery” – moving from promises to action through cross-sector collaboration, transparency, and sustained leadership.
No Time to Waste: Driving the EU’s Resilience and Competitiveness through a Circular Economy
12 September 2024
12 September 2024 - CLG Europe’s Materials and Products Taskforce has released a new report highlighting the urgent need to accelerate the transition to a circular economy in the EU, emphasising its critical role in strengthening the EU's resilience, competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.
