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COP21: Making history

4 December 2015

COP21: Making history By Eliot Whittington, Deputy Director, The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group 4 December 2015 This article was originally posted on the website of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group and is republished here with permission. “This can be done. We have the...

Climate change and the insurance industry: the legacy of 2015

26 November 2015

Climate change and the insurance industry: the legacy of 2015 Tom Herbstein, Senior Programme Manager, ClimateWise 27 November 2015 As things stand, 2015 is squaring up to become a landmark year for action on climate change. Already we have seen the signing in March of the UN Sendai Framework for...

Corporate Leaders Group asks finance ministers to support a robust climate agreement

2 November 2015

Corporate Leaders Group asks finance ministers to support a robust climate agreement Eliot Whittington, Deputy Director, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group 2 November 2015 We now have just one month to go before tens of thousands of people descend on Paris for COP21 – the 21st Conference...

Why business innovation will help build a new climate economy

12 October 2015

Why business innovation will help build a new climate economy Polly Courtice, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 17 November 2015 Dame Polly Courtice DBE, LVO, was Founder Director of the University of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (1989–2021). She...

Words matter in the Paris climate agreement

3 September 2015

Words matter in the Paris climate agreement We Mean Business 3 September 2015 Words matter. This is especially true for the Paris Agreement on climate change to be concluded this December. Businesses and investors have a clear stake in the words in the agreement and in the political commitment...

#100daysToParis Q&A with ACCIONA

28 August 2015

#100daysToParis Q&A with ACCIONA Juan Ramón Silva Ferrada, Senior Executive Director of Sustainability at ACCIONA, S.A. 28 August 2015 On the final day of our #100daysToParis blog series we asked Juan Ramón Silva Ferrada, Head of Sustainability at ACCIONA how climate change has affected ACCIONA...

What if consumers took matters into their own hands?

27 August 2015

What if consumers took matters into their own hands? Nigel Lake, CEO, Pottinger 28 August 2015 Bringing our series of blog posts to mark #100daysToParis to a close is Nigel Lake, Pottinger CEO and Senior Associate of CISL, with his thoughts on how consumers can influence impactful change. Thank you...

Russia - the dark horse of the climate negotiations?

21 August 2015

Russia - the dark horse of climate negotiations? Laura Hanning Scarborough, Senior Fellow, Human Security Centre 25 August 2015 As part of our series of blog posts to mark the #100daysToParis , where at COP21 the world will make its international agreement on climate change, we are delighted to...

Technologies are key tools in the battle against climate change

21 August 2015

Technologies are key tools in the battle against climate change Niall Dunne, Chief Sustainability Officer at BT Group 28 August 2015 Marking #100daysToParis , we are pleased to hear from guest blogger Niall Dunne, who shares his views on both BT’s responsibilities and opportunities when it comes to...

Skanska's Journey to Deep Green™ – a 2 degree solution

19 August 2015

Skanska´s Journey to Deep Green™ – a 2 degree solution Jennifer Clark, Senior Vice President, Green and Corporate Community Investment, Skanska AB 26 August 2015 As part of our series of blog posts to mark #100daysToParis , where at COP21 the world will make its international agreement on climate...

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