Impact and Achievements

Since the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK) was founded in 2005 under the leadership of CISL’s patron HRH The Prince of Wales, CLG UK has helped build consensus across the UK business community in support of climate action. It spoke first and loudest in support of the UK’s Climate Change Act, and now sits at the heart of a growing community of progressive business voices around the world.

CLG UK's ongoing mission and role is to continue to offer leadership on the UK economy, by convening significant progressive business voices with credibility to show leadership and furnishing them with the intellectual insight and evidence to make the case for action to policy and business audiences.

The group has clearly taken a position that business and government leadership needs to be pooled to deliver climate action. For example, in its report Bridging the Gap: UK business and policy leadership for net zero, it set out steps for how business and government can work together to bridge the gap between present action and necessary ambition. The group’s leadership has been demonstrated through multiple interventions where it has been able to convene widespread business support from tens to hundreds of businesses for key asks like setting a net zero target and securing a green recovery.

CLG UK launched the UK Business Group Alliance for Net Zero, a formal network of leading business groups working to increase political and business ambition with the aim of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in the UK.

Members of CLG UK are leaders from a range of industries, including retail and consumer goods, transport and infrastructure, finance, the built environment, and power generation. The CLG is headquartered in the UK, works collaboratively with other actors in the UK and has a footprint extending internationally.

Below are some highlights of CLG UK’s thought leadership and work to engage UK policymakers:

Flagship reports

Policy briefings

Business briefings

Letters

Events