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Read more at: UK Corporate Leaders Group responds to Budget 2020
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UK Corporate Leaders Group responds to Budget 2020

12 March 2020 – Following the announcement of the UK Budget 2020, Eliot Whittington, Director of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, dissects the key elements of the Treasury's spending plans and the implications for UK climate policy.


Read more at: European Corporate Leaders Group calls on European Commission to put decarbonisation at heart of new Industrial Strategy
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European Corporate Leaders Group calls on European Commission to put decarbonisation at heart of new Industrial Strategy

10 March 2020 – The European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe) welcomes the huge opportunity offered by the new Industrial Strategy to set the Green Deal in motion but urges the new Commission to deliver a plan that keeps net zero as its core focus.


Read more at: Policy Briefing: Acting Together: How the UK can accelerate action to deliver a thriving net zero economy that works for all

Policy Briefing: Acting Together: How the UK can accelerate action to deliver a thriving net zero economy that works for all

9 March 2020 – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group has published a briefing outlining a set of leadership priorities for the UK Government, which aim to engage all parts of society in taking action in response to climate change.


Read more at: The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group calls on UK Government for clear leadership to accelerate climate action
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The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group calls on UK Government for clear leadership to accelerate climate action

9 March 2020 – As the UK begins preparations to host this year's global climate summit, businesses including Unilever, Anglian Water, EDF, Tesco, Sky, Coca-Cola European Partners, and others are urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to show strong climate leadership with a clear strategy championed from the top of government.


Read more at: EU takes steps to enshrine climate neutrality by 2050 into climate law
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EU takes steps to enshrine climate neutrality by 2050 into climate law

4 March 2020 – Building on Europe’s aims to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 a significant milestone was unveiled today.


Read more at: CLG responds to European Council pledge to build climate neutral EU by 2050
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CLG responds to European Council pledge to build climate neutral EU by 2050

13 December 2019 – The European Council of member states yesterday formally supported the EU’s goal to become the world's first 'climate neutral' continent by 2050.


Read more at: CLG Europe responds to European Green Deal
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CLG Europe responds to European Green Deal

12 December 2019 – Following the unveiling of Europe's Green Deal, CLG Europe responds to the key points detailed in this roadmap towards a carbon neutral Europe by 2050.


Read more at: Blog: Progressive businesses support a 55% carbon reduction target in Europe
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Blog: Progressive businesses support a 55% carbon reduction target in Europe

9 December 2019 – The COP25 climate summit in Madrid needs to lay the groundwork for 2020 when countries and blocs will be measured against their commitment to the Paris Agreement. At EU level, this should translate into an ambitious European Green Deal, writes Eliot Whittington.


Read more at: Business leaders call for higher ambition from EU as COP25 enters crucial second week
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Business leaders call for higher ambition from EU as COP25 enters crucial second week

9 December 2019 – As the second week COP25 gets underway in Madrid, business leaders from across Europe are urging the EU to drive and deliver higher ambition on the economic and just transition to net zero emissions.


Read more at: Business Briefing: Raising European climate ambition for 2030: A CLG Europe position paper

Business Briefing: Raising European climate ambition for 2030: A CLG Europe position paper

27 November 2019 – CLG Europe welcomes the clear and highly significant commitment from the President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to publish within her first 100 days in office a European Green Deal which will be her central priority and hallmark of her five-year term. As European business leaders CLG Europe also strongly endorses the President-elect’s commitment to set the EU on a path to becoming the world’s first climate neutral continent, and to achieve this by 2050 at the latest.