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For immediate release: 6 March 2014 UK Chief Executives urge PM to end uncertainty over carbon budget Senior leaders of major companies including Shell, Unilever, BT, EDF Energy, Kingfisher, Anglian Water, and Lloyds Banking Group have written to David Cameron urging him to follow the advice of the Committee on Climate...

For immediate release 31 March 2014 Business leaders welcome latest scientific report on climate change as providing clear impetus for action A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, represents the latest scientific evidence and should therefore spur...

Embargoed: 00:01 GMT, 8 April 2014 Governments urged to ensure ‘trillionth tonne’ of carbon is never emitted Governments must put policies in place to prevent the cumulative emission of more than a trillion tonnes of carbon, according to a statement from leading global businesses today. Failure to limit the stock of carbon...

For immediate release: 22 July 2014 Businesses welcome government keeping ambition on carbon cuts The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group today welcomed the news that the government would stick to its commitment to cut carbon emissions by 50% by 2027, as indicated by the UK’s Fourth Carbon Budget. Members of the...

For immediate release: 21 October 2014 Leading businesses urge Europe to agree ambitious climate and energy policies this week Leading businesses including Acciona, Coca-Cola Enterprises, DSM, Ferrovial, Philips, Skanska, Shell, and Unilever are urging EU ministers to agree an ambitious package on climate change at this...

For immediate release: 24 October 2014 EU Climate and Energy package is a major step forward but weak on renewables and energy efficiency The European Council has just agreed a new climate and energy deal that sets a binding domestic Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) target of “at least” 40% but which failed to agree...

Embargoed: 10.01 GMT; Sunday 2 November, 2014 Business leaders call IPCC climate report “required reading” A coalition of leading European businesses, including Skanska, Kingfisher, Coca Cola Enterprises and others, today welcomed the release of the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth...

For immediate release: Thursday 18 December 2014 Ministers right to call for EU climate action, say Europe's business leaders The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) has welcomed a statement released today (Thursday, 18 December 2014) by the Green Growth Group of environment Ministers from 15 Member States...