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CLG Letters

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CLG Europe Statement on Electrification

16 March 2026 - Leading companies and business networks, representing the whole energy value chain from generators to users across the EU, underline the urgency and importance of scaling up clean electrification of the region. clg-europe-statement-on-electrification_cover.jpg Read the letter in full For decades, the EU has …
Business and investors call on the EU to deliver an effective Clean Industrial Deal

5 December 2025 - Over 140 businesses and investors from across Europe and the value chain, including Signify, Danish Chamber of Commerce, Mirova, Ingka Group, EDF, CCLA Investment Management, ACCIONA, ROCKWOOL, Vattenfall, VELUX, Volvo Cars, are calling EU policymakers to secure its future competitiveness and technological leadership through a cle…
COP30 Business Statement by the Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth

22 September 2025 – The Ibero-American Business Network for Green Growth has launched its COP30 statement at Climate Week NYC, calling on governments to create the conditions for a just, inclusive, prosperous and nature-positive energy transition in support of the global goal of tripling renewables by 2030. Read the IABN Statement here: En…
COP29: Business leaders urge UK government to set a world-leading example by setting ‘ambitious’ and ‘investable’ climate targets

26 October 2024 - More than 50 businesses, investors and financial institutions have signed a letter, put forward by the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK), urging the government to reassert its climate leadership on the world stage. Read the full letter. With the COP29 conference just weeks away, signatories including Unilever UK&I, SSE, IKEA U…
Business and Investors call on the EU to Set a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target of at least 90% by 2040.

27 May 2025 - Over 150 businesses and investors signed a joint letter calling on the EU to set a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of at least 90% by 2040. A robust climate target and the decarbonisation of our economies will improve the EU’s resilience to shocks, energy security and competitiveness Read the letter here. In an open lette…
Business networks from across UK support UK government in keeping 1.5C alive

10 December 2023 – 25 UK businesses, business groups and investors have urgently come together during COP28 to deliver a shared a statement in support of the UK Government COP28 negotiation which aims to keep 1.5C alive. Read the letter here. The negotiations at COP28 are reaching a critical moment. The UK has strong aims for the COP28 negotiat…
Businesses urge the Chancellor to use the upcoming Autumn Statement to provide a coherent, proportionate, and robust response to the global race to net zero

07 November 2023 - Senior leaders from UK businesses including Amazon, Unilever, Zurich Insurance, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, AVEVA, Salesforce and Nestle are calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use the Autumn Statement to clearly set out what the government’s priorities are for net zero industries and technologies. Read the full l…
Business and investor networks call for robust Nature Restoration Law to align EU’s nature and climate ambitions

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 ne…
Leading business and investor networks call for ambitious reform of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

17 January 2023 - Three leading business, corporate and investor networks focused on climate change – the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) Europe and Climate Group – came together with over a dozen European business associations and investor networks in a letter to the European Parliament callin…
More than 100 business and finance leaders urge new Prime Minister to strengthen economy by prioritising response to climate and nature crises

21 September 2022 - UK CEOs of businesses and finance institutions, including Amazon, the Co-op, Signify, Zurich Insurance, Coca-Cola, Bupa, IKEA, Siemens, BNP Paribas, Sky and Aviva, are calling on Prime Minister Liz Truss to build economic resilience through delivery of net zero emissions and restoring nature. Read the letter. Read the business q…
Business groups call on Conservative leadership candidates to maintain UK's progress on tackling climate change

13 July 2022 - Business groups representing thousands of UK businesses, including Lloyds Banking Group, Amazon, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Signify, Scottish Power and Thames Water are calling on Tory leadership candidates to accelerate the clean energy transition and keep up UK progress on climate change. Read the full letter. bga_conservative_leadersh…
CLG Europe letter to the Competitiveness Council reflects on the importance of discussion on Strategic Industrial Ecosystems and the Green Transition at the June Competitiveness Council

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…
More than 150 business leaders call on EU to strengthen energy security by accelerating green transition

11 May 2022 - As the Russian invasion of Ukraine is about to enter its twelfth week, more than 150 businesses including Microsoft, Unilever, H&M, Signify and Iberdrola, urge the EU to strengthen Europe’s energy security and resilience by accelerating the green transition. Read the letter. Read the Annex of the letter with business solutions. Read…
Business groups affirm support for people of Ukraine and call on EU to accelerate Europe’s green transition to strengthen energy security

7 March 2022 - As the crisis in Ukraine worsens, leading sustainability business groups are urging the EU to ‘double down’ on delivering the energy transition laid out in the Green Deal as the best way to manage current and increasing risks from energy insecurity. In an open letter sent as Russian troops continue their offensive in Ukraine, the Eur…
CEOs call on the European Commission to tie part of executive directors’ remuneration to the achievement of sustainability objectives in the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Package.

26 January 2022 - In an open letter to the EU Internal Market and Justice Commissioners, coordinated by MEP Pascal Canfin, business leaders and CLG Europe call on the EU to seize the opportunity of the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Package to introduce a measure linking environmental objectives to part of company executives’ variable remunerati…