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
2 November 2016
4 November 2016, Cambridge – Business leaders today welcomed the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Event: CLG and CISL at COP22, 7–18 November 2016, Marrakech
25 October 2016
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 COP22, marking the first meeting of Parties to the Paris Agreement following its entry into force on 4 November.
5 October 2016
5 October 2016, Cambridge – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group today welcomed Europe’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, triggering an early entry into force at COP22 in Marrakesh next month.
29 September 2016
29 September 2016, Brussels / Cambridge – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group urges Europe to ratify the Paris Agreement without undermining its climate agenda.
20 September 2016
21 September 2016, New York – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group today called on the EU to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as soon as possible to trigger its entry into force.
10 August 2016
12 August 2016 – Members of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group, with guests from Business in the Community and the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment, hold high-level talks on policy needed to drive the circular economy.
Blog: Don’t panic – the end of DECC could be good news
3 August 2016
4 August 2016 – The demise of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been seen as a backwards step by the green community but, writes Jill Duggan, Director of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group, bringing business and climate change under one roof could be a winning move.
13 July 2016
8 July 2016 – Following the implementation of the first carbon tax in South America, the Government of Chile, with the support of CISL and the World Bank Group convened a high-level meeting on how to progress low carbon development objectives in the region.
Jill Duggan announced as new Director of The Corporate Leaders Group
7 June 2016
8 June 2016 – Jill Duggan has joined the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) as Director of Policy and Director of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG).
7 June 2016
