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Corporate Leaders Groups

Business leadership for a climate neutral economy
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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

 

Latest thought leadership

Launch of the New Climate Economy Report

6 October 2015

16 September 2014 – A landmark piece of research that promises to turn the dialogue on the opportunity presented by climate change has been launched today.

Business briefing on the New Climate Economy report released

6 October 2015

16 September 2014 – A short and relevant summary of the recently launched New Climate Economy synthesis report has been released by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and leading businesses hail UN Climate Summit as key moment to tackle climate change

6 October 2015

18 September 2014 – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG), whose members include household names like Coca Cola Enterprises, EDF, Jaguar Land Rover, Philips, and Tesco, is urging governments to use the UN summit on climate change in New York on 23 September to raise ambition in international negotiations on climate change and commit to concrete action to drive down carbon emissions.

The Climate has Changed, a new report by We Mean Business, on why bold, low carbon action makes good business sense

5 October 2015

22 September 2014 – This new report by We Mean Business shows that companies can be confident that creating a low carbon strategy makes good business sense. A group of companies identified in this report are demonstrating bold leadership on climate action driven by the risks and opportunities they know climate change will bring to their businesses.

Climate Week NYC Opening Day

5 October 2015

22 September 2014 – Watch business leaders and politicians make the case for action on climate change at the launch of Climate Week NYC.

The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group at Climate Week, New York

5 October 2015

23 September 2014 – The Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) will be represented at the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s Climate Summit, amongst Heads of State, Government, business, finance, and civil society climate leaders from across the globe.

Video of HRH The Prince of Wales delivered at Climate Week, New York

5 October 2015

23 September 2014 – The patron of the Corporate Leaders Group, HRH The Prince of Wales, delivered a video message on the opening day of Climate Week in New York.

The Climate Has Changed: How Business is Turning Risk into Opportunity

5 October 2015

23 September 2014 – More companies and investors are committed to bold leadership on climate than ever because they know it makes business sense.

CLG in the press

5 October 2015

24 September 2014 – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG)'s activities in and around the New York Climate Summit

The true value of Climate Week

5 October 2015

5 October 2014 – In this opinion piece, Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Director, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group, reflects on what the United Nation's climate summit means for green businesses.