Read the full details here: https://www.corporateleadersgroup.com/news/more-than-100-business-finance-leaders-urge-new-PM-strengthen-economy-prioritising-response-climate-nature-crises More than 100

Read the full details here: https://www.corporateleadersgroup.com/news/more-than-100-business-finance-leaders-urge-new-PM-strengthen-economy-prioritising-response-climate-nature-crises More than 100 business and finance leaders urge new Prime Minister to strengthen economy by prioritising response to climate and nature crises. 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. With inflation predicted to top 20 per cent if gas prices continue to rise, and the Bank of England warning the UK is heading towards recession, a letter to the new Prime Minister from 116 businesses and finance institutions with more than 425,000 employees and a market capitalisation in excess of £1.8trillion underlines the urgent need for short and long term government delivery plans for net zero and nature restoration. The letter, which affirms business and finance sector commitment to support the UK’s climate and nature targets, comes nearly two weeks after the new Prime Minister announced plans to tackle the energy crisis which included a new round of oil and gas licences and lifting the moratorium on fracking. The letter text maps out what is needed to improve energy security, shield the UK from volatile fossil fuels prices and enable the country to deliver its climate promises. The letter states: “As skyrocketing energy bills inflict considerable costs on businesses and push vulnerable households into poverty, we would like to see you prioritise policies that will address this crisis, as part of a robust net zero strategy. […] Acting now to accelerate the energy transition, could both support UK households with the cost of living and deliver huge economic benefits, unlocking opportunities for the UK to be a leader in clean growth. Industry experts predict this action could reduce yearly household energy bills in the UK by 7 per cent by 2025, rising to a 50 per cent reduction by 2035. “At the same time, restoring nature through a comprehensive environmental improvement plan, a strong national adaptation plan, and setting ambitious long-term targets will help build the UK’s resilience and support the economy by reducing threats to food security and the economic and social damage of climate impacts.” The signatories, that also include CEOs from EDF, Triodos Bank, Cory Group, E.ON, Anglian Water, British Land, Amey, Salesforce, Arup and Nestle, and in addition, 12 business groups, including the Advertising Association, Lawyers for Net Zero, The B Team, Sustainable Energy Association, UK Green Building Council, RenewableUK, Aldersgate Group and We Mean Business Coalition, were coordinated by the UK Business Group Alliance for Net Zero (BGA) led by the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG UK), convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Eliot Whittington, Director of CLG UK said: “The UK is facing severe economic headwinds. The best and only sensible way of facing up to them has to include investing in British renewable energy and helping homes and businesses be more energy efficient. Maintaining and strengthening our focus on net zero and nature protection can help us move beyond the rising costs of fossil fuels and deliver a better economy with more energy and food security, more jobs and greater social equality. What’s more, the Conservative Party has rightly enshrined net zero into law and in so doing reaffirmed UK leadership on climate action, further demonstrated at last year’s COP26 summit. UK business and finance leaders urgently want to see more leadership from government on this agenda, with clear, well-resourced and defined plans to get us on track for a more stable climate and stronger economy.” Last month a survey by the Confederation of British Businesses (CBI) found the energy crisis was putting net zero plans at risk as companies reined in green investment in order to manage soaring energy costs. The survey found three in 10 businesses were considering pausing or halting low carbon transition investment unless the new UK government acts to cut energy costs. Earlier this month a large group of NGOs wrote to the new Prime Minister calling for the creation of a secure, fair and green future and for the UK to lead on the world stage, while a group of MPs and peers also wrote to Liz Truss to urge her to hold to the UK’s net zero target. Today a new YouGov poll indicates strong business appetite for net zero regulation with 80% of CEOs surveyed in the UK believing that government policies will be required to bring about the changes required for the energy transition.

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Event hosted by CLG Europe’s Materials and Products Taskforce. The EU has recently made great strides towards meeting its climate goals. However, less focus has been placed on the key role that a

Event hosted by CLG Europe’s Materials and Products Taskforce. The EU has recently made great strides towards meeting its climate goals. However, less focus has been placed on the key role that a circular economy plays. This event highlights the critical role that building a circular European economy plays to meet the EU’s climate goals. This event is also an opportunity to showcase the work of the CLG Europe’s Taskforce for Climate Neutral and Circular Materials and Products (‘The Materials and Products Taskforce’) 12 months after its launch at COP26. Speakers included: • Eliot Whittington, Director at CLG Europe and Policy Director at CISL • Helen Ågren, Director, Ministry of Environment, Climate Department, Sweden • Chiara Martinelli, Director, CAN Europe • Anthony Abbotts – Director Group Public Affairs & Sustainability, ROCKWOOL Group • Vicente Saiso, Global Sustainability Vice President, CEMEX As part of this event, we published our paper – ‘Green Circularity: Advancing the EU’s climate goals through a Circular Economy’. The policy briefing highlights the critical role that building a circular European economy plays in meeting the EU’s climate goals. Furthermore, this paper sets out that the challenges and recommendations for policymakers to speed up the transition to a circular economy. Read the publication here: https://www.corporateleadersgroup.com/reports-evidence-and-insights/collections/reports/policy-briefing-green-circularity-advancing-eus The Materials and Products Taskforce was launched with the aim of driving forward policy action on sustainable materials by bringing together a group of progressive businesses across sectors and value chains. The group brings together companies that are actively committed to producing and using climate neutral and sustainable materials, and who want to work together to promote and support EU-wide measures to decarbonise material production and use. The Materials and Products warmly welcomed the EU’s newly proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation, part of the EU Circular Economy Action Plan, which can be a key framework Directive to drive change. For maximum impact, however, there is also a need to address wider issues, and to help resolve a series of challenges which businesses encounter when driving to become more circular and sustainable.

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🤝 Green Growth Summit 2022: ‘Climate and energy at the crossroads – how to deliver climate action and secure energy for Europeans and the world?’ ➡ The Summit will bring together

🤝 Green Growth Summit 2022: ‘Climate and energy at the crossroads – how to deliver climate action and secure energy for Europeans and the world?’ ➡ The Summit will bring together Environment, Climate and Energy Ministers, Members of the European Parliament and business leaders, to discuss how to ensure an ambitious outcome of the negotiations and implementation of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’, in parallel to the REPowerEU Plan, and reflect on how the EU could show international leadership on climate action by accelerating the global energy transition. The event will also mark the CLG Europe’s flagship report launch on ‘Context is everything: Insights and lessons for successfully delivering the European Green Deal’. 📢 In the company of: Leonore Gewessler Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria Sven Giegold, State Secretary, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany Raúl Fuentes Milani, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union Terhi Lehtonen State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Finland Elina Bardram, DG CLIMA Director E - Adaptation & Resilience, Communication, and Civil Society Relations MEP Pär Holmgren, Member of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/EFA MEP Pascal Canfin, Chair of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the European People's Party Carey Causey (Stafford) President, Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA Lila Karbassi, Chief, Programmes, UN Global Compact Sophie Punte, Managing Director of Policy, We Mean Business Coalition Julie Kjestrup Head of EU Affairs, Velux Anthony Abbotts, Director Group Public Affairs and Sustainability, Rockwool Group Ester Asin Martinez, Director, WWF European Policy Office Sanna Markkanen, Research Programme Lead, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Eliot Whittington, Director, Centre for Policy and Industrial Transformation, CLG UK, and CLG Europe

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Join the UK Corporate Leaders Groups at the launch of its latest policy briefing 'The Best of Both Worlds: How tackling cost of living and decarbonisation creates win-wins for the UK

Join the UK Corporate Leaders Groups at the launch of its latest policy briefing 'The Best of Both Worlds: How tackling cost of living and decarbonisation creates win-wins for the UK economy'. ⏰Monday 27 June, 2-3pm BST The UK is in the midst of dual crises, with a cost-of-living crisis adding to the climate crisis. Both of these crises disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable in society, who also have fewest resources to cope with changing circumstances. It is vital we tackle both crises with the urgency they require. Policy measures to address the cost-of-living crisis can be just as, if not more, effective when designed to align with the UK’s net zero target. An aligned approach to addressing the cost of living crisis and decarbonisation challenge could create win-wins for the UK economy. To examine what a cost of living crisis policy package that supports decarbonisation could look like, the UK Corporate Leaders Groups (CLG UK) commissioned Cambridge Econometrics to undertake a modelling exercise. Our evidence indicates that policies that align with the net zero target generate more favourable economic outcomes than other types of cost-of-living support policy packages, in addition to being more progressive through primarily benefitting the lowest income households most. As part of London Climate Action Week, this high-level webinar will formally launch the UK Corporate Leaders Group's latest policy briefing ‘The Best of Both Worlds: How tackling cost of living and decarbonisation creates win-wins for the UK economy’ and explore the recommendations within the report. Speakers including: 🗣️ Eliot Whittington, Director, Corporate Leaders Groups 🗣️ Beverley Cornaby, Programme Director, UK Corporate Leaders Groups 🗣️ Makreeta Lahti, Head of Strategy & Sustainability, EDF (UK) 🗣️ Neil Freshwater, Public Affairs Manager, VELUX 🗣️ Louise Shooter, Policy Manager, Energy UK hashtag#CLGUK hashtag#costofliving hashtag#costoflivingcrisis hashtag#decarbonisation hashtag#business hashtag#ukeconomy hashtag#ukbusiness hashtag#economy hashtag#bestofbothworlds hashtag#achievingzero hashtag#resilience hashtag#racetoresilience Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

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The year ahead will be a year of climate action. The UK is host of the #COP26 global climate summit taking place in November 2021. The government has committed to ‘build back greener’ as we

The year ahead will be a year of climate action. The UK is host of the #COP26 global climate summit taking place in November 2021. The government has committed to ‘build back greener’ as we emerge from the pandemic and to publish a net zero Strategy setting out how it will deliver on climate action ahead of COP26. Government, business and civil society must work in partnership to get on track to net zero and to ensure the net zero Strategy maps out a credible, comprehensive and realistic pathway to net zero. All sectors and levels of the economy will need to commit to action, set goals and pick up the pace to achieve ambitious emissions reductions. CLG UK has published ‘Bridging the gap: UK business and policy leadership for net zero’. Building on analysis undertaken by CISL’s Centre for Policy and Industrial Transformation that examines the progress that has been made towards reducing emissions in four key sectors: power and energy, built environment, road transport, and agriculture and land use, CLG UK’s publication Bridging the Gap sets out steps for how business and government can work together to bridge the gap between present action and necessary ambition. Read the report: https://www.corporateleadersgroup.com/bridging-gap-uk-business-and-policy-leadership-net-zero This event launched CLG UK's Bridging the Gap recommendations report through a webinar exploring the challenges and opportunities for the UK to demonstrate climate leadership through the net zero strategy to ensure it is on track to meet its ambitious medium and long term targets. Speakers: Clare Shine, Director and CEO, CISL Eliot Whittington, Director, CLG UK Peter Simpson, CEO, Anglian Water, and co-Chair, CLG UK Colin Matthews, Non-Executive Chairman of EDF in the UK, and co-Chair, CLG UK Carey Causey, President, Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA, Ball Corporation Stephen Rouatt, CEO, Signify UK&I

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Ahead of COP26, Eliot Whittington, Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups, caught up with Nevil Muncaster, Strategic Resources Director, Executive sponsor for Net Zero, Thames Water, to explore the

Ahead of COP26, Eliot Whittington, Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups, caught up with Nevil Muncaster, Strategic Resources Director, Executive sponsor for Net Zero, Thames Water, to explore the challenges and opportunities in decarbonising the energy sector - and what outcomes he would like to see from the landmark climate summit. CLG UK has frequently defined the UK’s business response to climate change – one of the greatest challenges of our time. Since its founding 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 in Europe and around the world. CLG UK is convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership's world-leading expertise on sustainability and a team that has a deep understanding of the political landscape and how to shape it. #AchievingZero #COP26 #COP26Glasgow #TogetherForOurPlanet

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🔴 Our upcoming webinar will help sustainability professionals explore how they can drive forward implementation of nature-based solutions within their organisation. With leading NGO and business

🔴 Our upcoming webinar will help sustainability professionals explore how they can drive forward implementation of nature-based solutions within their organisation. With leading NGO and business voices on the panel, discussion points will include the importance of stakeholder engagement and collaborations and the opportunity to hear from our panellists about lessons learnt within their organisations. This session will focus on moving beyond scoping for nature-based solutions (NbS) projects to overcoming (internal and external) barriers to implementation and the actions you can take now to progress your organisation’s nature agenda. Speakers include: Eliot Whittington, Chief Systems Change Officer, CISL Craig Bennett, CEO, The Wildlife Trusts Further speakers to be announced shortly. The session will build upon CISL's existing body of work on nature-based solutions, including the Decision-making in a nature positive world framework and its suite of cross-sectoral examples: https://lnkd.in/d2dGM9kF #sustainability #naturebasedsolutions #webinar #freewebinar

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University of Cambridge’s Aviation Impact Accelerator event: Accelerating Aviation to Climate Neutrality 10th November, 2021 COP26, The Action Hub, Blue Zone, SEC, Glasgow This fireside chat

University of Cambridge’s Aviation Impact Accelerator event: Accelerating Aviation to Climate Neutrality 10th November, 2021 COP26, The Action Hub, Blue Zone, SEC, Glasgow This fireside chat between Prof Rob Miller (Whittle Lab Director), Eliot Whittington Policy Director, CISL) and John Holland-Kaye (CEO, Heathrow) explores the opportunities and challenges for climate neutral aviation and the need for a whole system of aviation perspective. The hosts provide a sneak peek into the Aviation Impact Accelerator simulator prototype to demonstrate its potential to guide innovation, investment, and policy action. The Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA) will accelerate the transition to climate neutral aviation by facilitating industry alignment and decision maker engagement. The AIA is building an interactive, open-source, whole system simulator that can map pathways and accelerate the journey to climate neutral aviation.

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Ahead of COP26, Eliot Whittington, Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups, caught up with Peter Simpson, CEO of Anglian Water, to explore the challenges and opportunities in the net zero transition

Ahead of COP26, Eliot Whittington, Director of the Corporate Leaders Groups, caught up with Peter Simpson, CEO of Anglian Water, to explore the challenges and opportunities in the net zero transition - and what outcomes he would like to see from the landmark climate summit. The CLG has frequently defined the UK’s business response to climate change – one of the greatest challenges of our time. Since its founding in 2005 under the leadership of CISL’s Patron HRH The Prince of Wales, the CLG 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 in Europe and around the world. The CLG is convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership's world-leading expertise on sustainability and a team that has a deep understanding of the political landscape and how to shape it. #AchievingZero #COP26 #COP26Glasgow #TogetherForOurPlanet

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