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
Future of Europe’s industry - Introduction to the industrial strategy debate for businesses
6 November 2017
November 2017 – The recent rise of Industrial Strategy in the European and global agenda, with discussions and policy initiatives now being developed at EU and national levels, make the importance of this agenda to businesses clear. This briefing sets out some key areas to consider from the perspective of corporate leaders and offers initial ideas on this live debate.
CLG and CISL activities at COP23, Bonn, 6–17 November 2017
31 October 2017
The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) will be present and active at COP23, where Parties will meet to advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement and achieve progress on its implementation guidelines.
13 October 2017
13 October 2017 – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) has responded to the launch of the UK Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, welcoming the potential support it could provide to business in the transition to a low carbon economy.
Blog: Finding joy in the post-industrial age
6 October 2017
4 October 2017 – Jill Duggan, Director of The Prince of Wales’ Corporate Leaders Group, reflects on shifting consumer patterns in the 21st century as consumers increasingly choose experience over ownership and what this means for business leaders and policymakers.
Blog: Make or break time: will the Commission make Europe a true industrial and climate leader?
6 October 2017
3 October 2017 – Seppo Parvi is Chief Financial Officer of Stora Enso, 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 importance of ‘circular economy’ reforms to help Europe achieve its objectives on business and climate leadership.
EU legislation needed to support business moves towards greater resource productivity
8 September 2017
15 September 2017 – Leading European businesses are adopting new business models that deliver greater resource productivity and reduce waste, but European Member States urgently need to introduce policies to support and accelerate this transition and maximise the potential economic benefits, according to a new report from The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG).
European industry in the 21st century: New models for resource productivity
8 September 2017
September 2017 – This report is based on interviews with companies that are using circular economy principles to reduce their exposure to risk, and to access new markets. It discusses some of the successful transformations and changes made, obstacles faced, and potential policies for overcoming those obstacles.
UK Down to Zero Procurement Compacts
10 August 2017
May 2012 – The Corporate Leaders Group co-hosted with the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills a very successful launch of three new Joint Public–Private Low Carbon Procurement Compacts at the Royal Society.
Seize the Day: A Call to Action for UK Climate Leadership
8 August 2017
June 2011 - This is the critical time. The decisions made in this parliament will either set the UK firmly on the path to a low-carbon economy or send us well off track. The UK leads the world in ambitious targets to tackle climate change. We are the first country in the world to extend legally binding targets well into the 2020s. We have the opportunity to transform our economy and lead the world down a path of green growth, well-managed climate risks and decarbonisation. The opportunity must be seized now, or else we risk missing out on new markets and locking in high-carbon, maladapted investments. Seize the Day: A Call to Action for UK Climate Leadership. Published by The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group.June 2011
