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Following the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs's (Defra) announcement of £2.65 billion for flood defences, Bev Cornaby, Director the UK Corporate Leaders Group, commented:"Today’s announcement of £2.65 billion for flood defences is a welcome and necessary step to protect homes, businesses, and farmland."The devastating impacts of …

Whatever the White House does, it won't change the market fundamentals driving the net zero transition, writes Beverley Cornaby, Director of the UK Corporate Leaders Group.As we started 2025 witnessing flooding in Spain and the UK, and the devastating wildfires in the US, it's hard to be optimistic when these events underline that climate change is…

CLG UK reacts to the UK's NDC ICTU submission, setting out how it will deliver on its 2035 carbon emissions reduction target.Today, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) submitted further detail behind the UK's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) headline target to the UNFCCC, ahead of the 10 February 2025 deadline set by the…

CLG Europe and CLG UK groups strengthened as new members join and current members upgrade – leading businesses across sectors continue to showcase determination for a competitive and sustainable future. We are pleased to announce that the Corporate Leaders Groups – for both the UK and the EU – have welcomed new and upgraded members to kickstart bus…

On 28 January, CLG Europe was delighted to welcome the group of Business Networks for a Climate Neutral Europe in Brussels.  These business networks from across Europe work together to achieve a climate neutral, nature-positive, and socially inclusive green transition. They met with Members of the European Parliament at a roundtable and dinner to d…

03 December 2024 - As an official sponsor of the UK's COP29 and COP30 Pavilion, the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) increased its presence and visibility at this year’s UN climate convention leading many high-level events, convening cross-sectoral experts and forging stronger business-government engagement.Since its founding in 2005, CLG UK has…

17 July 2023 - CLG Europe’s Materials & Products Taskforce has released a new report in partnership with the Wuppertal Institute on the urgent need for more circularity in the EU critical raw materials market.The report, Embracing circularity: A pathway for strengthening the Critical Raw Materials Act, is a direct response to the EU’s proposal for …

22 June 2023 – CLG Europe has submitted a response to the EU’s public consultation on the 2040 target, calling for a net 90% reduction in GHG emissions (relative to 1990 levels), which includes no more than 8-10% of carbon removals.In parallel to the implementation of measures to achieve its 2030 NDC, the EU has started the process of setting its 2…

15 May 2023 - Over fifteen business and investor networks have written a letter to the European Parliament’s Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries Committees urging them to support the EU Nature Restoration Law. Read the full letter.Please see a previous version of this letter sent on 30 March here.The letter, signed by business and investor netwo…

17 March 2023 – The European Commission has released the Critical Raw Materials Act, that aims to increase and diversify the EU’s critical raw materials supply, strengthen circularity and support research and innovation.Tahmid Chowdhury, Industry Programme Manager, CLG Europe's Materials & Products Taskforce said: “This new act goes some way toward…

19 January 2023 - The European Commission published its proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) in February 2022. This critical piece of legislation aims to provide a regulatory framework on corporate sustainability governance.Read CDP's factsheet here.In 2021, more than a third (37%) of companies disclosing to CD…

Over the weekend, the European institutions reached a provisional agreement on the key files under the Fit for 55 Package. These colossal, agreed pieces of legislation aim to regulate the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), its global dimension (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism - CBAM), extension to buildings and road transport (ETS 2), as well a…

30 November 2022 - The European Commission has released the second part of its Circular Economy Package for 2022, the EU’s flagship legislative package that aims to create more sustainable products and materials and enhance circularity. The Taskforce support an ambitious Package, however, calls on policymakers to accelerate action.Martin Porter, Ex…

10 October 2022 - New analysis of EU climate and energy policies demonstrates how contextualised design is key to effecting change.Read the report.As EU decisionmakers finalise policies to deliver the Green Deal and its Fit for 55 package, while setting new targets to address the energy crisis, this new report by the European Corporate Leaders Grou…

24 June 2022 – CLG Europe Director Eliot Whittington sent a letter to the Competitiveness Council reflecting on the discussion around the Strategic Industrial Ecosystems and Empowering Consumers on the Green Transition.Read the letter in full here.Following the June Competitiveness Council, the letter aims to highlight how the Competitiveness Counc…