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|Name of initiative=The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group (CLG)
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|Name of initiative=CLG Europe
 
|LPAA initiative=No
 
|LPAA initiative=No
 
|NAZCA Initiative=No
 
|NAZCA Initiative=No
|Website address=https://www.corporateleadersgroup.com/
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|Website address=https://www.corporateleadersgroup.com/corporate-leaders-group-europe
|Starting year=2005
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|Starting year=2019
|Secretariat=The CLG is facilitated by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) under the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales.
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|Secretariat=CLG Europe is facilitated by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
  
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
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CISL Belgium
1 Trumpington Street
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23 rue de la Science
Cambridge, CB2 1QA, UK
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1040 Brussels - Belgium
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|Organisational structure=CLG Europe develops credible, ambitious positions amongst its membership and deploys effective strategic communications to engage with the highest levels of policy audiences. CLG Europe is diverse in its membership and representative of Europe in both geography and sector, welcoming the innovative talent of SMEs as well as leading established companies. The group works closely with policymakers – particularly the Green Growth Group of EU climate and environment ministers, and supportive Members of the European Parliament through its Green Growth Partnership.
  
|Organisational structure=Convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) on behalf of The Prince of Wales, CLG's members are leaders from cross-cutting sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, consumer goods and services, finance and energy production.
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The group also maintains a network of sister groups across the EU and works in partnership with some of the largest business-focused organisations in support of climate action as one of the founders of the We Mean Business coalition, for which it provides the EU policy lead.
The group operates at two levels: the Leader level and the Working Group level
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|Geographical coverage=Global
 
|Geographical coverage=Global
|Type of initiative=Political dialogue,Technical dialogue
 
|Primary function=Advocacy,Policy planning and recommendations,Knowledge production and innovation,Knowledge dissemination and exchange,Awareness raising and outreach
 
 
|Name of lead organisation=University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
 
|Name of lead organisation=University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
 
|Type of lead organisation=Academic/Research institution
 
|Type of lead organisation=Academic/Research institution
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|LPAA Theme Buildings=Yes
 
|LPAA Theme Buildings=Yes
 
|LPAA Theme Industry=Yes
 
|LPAA Theme Industry=Yes
|LPAA Theme Waste=No
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|LPAA Theme Waste=Yes
 
|LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments=No
 
|LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments=No
 
|LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
 
|LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
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|LPAA Theme Energy Supply=Yes
 
|LPAA Theme Energy Supply=Yes
 
|LPAA Theme Fluorinated gases=No
 
|LPAA Theme Fluorinated gases=No
|LPAA Theme Energy efficiency=No
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|LPAA Theme Energy efficiency=Yes
|LPAA Theme Renewable energy=No
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|LPAA Theme Renewable energy=Yes
 
|LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions=No
 
|LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions=No
 
|LPAA Theme Adaptation=No
 
|LPAA Theme Adaptation=No
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|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
 
|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
 
|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
 
|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
|Description=The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) brings together European business leaders to accelerate progress towards a low carbon, sustainable economy.
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|Description=Our renewed Europe-focused group aims to be the leading cross-sectoral business voice convened across the EU in support of a climate neutral economy. It is supported by a team in Brussels that has a deep understanding of the political landscape, strong sustainability expertise and the capacity to source world-class evidence-based research and analysis.
Through exchange of ideas, experience, and a dialogue with policymakers, the CLG facilitates solutions that support a resilient and prosperous future. The group is composed of major companies including market leaders and household names with a presence across the majority of EU member states. It is deliberately composed to represent a broad cross section of business sectors, including from energy intensive and nonenergy intensive sectors.  
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|Goals=CLG Europe works to develop solutions on climate change with policymakers and business peers across the world. The group engages at the EU-wide and member-state levels to raise policy ambition and drive the transformation to a low carbon economy, and projects those insights outside Europe by working in partnership on the international stage.
 
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|Goals=CLG members are committed to creating business models that both address their climate impact and build resilience to the ever-increasing effects of climate change. They seek to share experiences with policymakers and business to promote ambitious and effective outcomes which:
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ensure cumulative global carbon emissions do not exceed one trillion tonnes
 
ensure cumulative global carbon emissions do not exceed one trillion tonnes
 
help achieve the goal of net-zero emissions well before 2100
 
help achieve the goal of net-zero emissions well before 2100
 
limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C
 
limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C
 
build an economy that delivers the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
 
build an economy that delivers the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
|Activities=Through high-level convening, quality research, and new partnerships, the CLG informs public policy and leads the wider business community by example.
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|Activities=Through high-level convening, quality research, and new partnerships, CLG Europe informs public policy and leads the wider business community by example.
The CLG is a European group, working at the EU, international and member state level and has the following workstreams:
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It is a European group, working at the EU, international and member state level and has the following workstreams:
 
1. Developing the evidence base with its members
 
1. Developing the evidence base with its members
 
2. Driving broader, deeper and more focussed engagement with policy makers
 
2. Driving broader, deeper and more focussed engagement with policy makers
 
3. Working with the right partnerships to multiply impact
 
3. Working with the right partnerships to multiply impact
It also works across three themes: Raising Ambition, Carbon Policy and Driving Innovation.  
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It also works across three themes: Raising Ambition, Carbon Policy and Driving Innovation.
|Participants companies number=18
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|One or two success stories achieved=CLG Europe published an open letter signed by around 200 business leaders and investors urging policy makers EU heads of state to set higher 2030 emissions reduction targets. The letter was mentioned in the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union 2020 speech
|Participants companies names=3M; ACCIONA; Anglian Water Group; Coca Cola; DSM; EDF; Ferrovial; GlaxoSmithKline; Hathrow Airport; IBERDROLA; Interface; Signify; Sky; Stora Enso; TESCO; Thames Water; Unilever; United Technologies
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|Participants companies number=17
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|Participants companies names=Acciona, CCEP, DSM, EDF, Eneco, Ferrovial, Hybrit, Iberdrola, Interface, Ingka Group (Ikea), Microsoft, Rockwool, Salesforce, Signify, Sky, Stora Enso, Unilever
 
|Participants business organisations number=0
 
|Participants business organisations number=0
 
|Participants research and educational organisations number=0
 
|Participants research and educational organisations number=0
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|Participants municipal actors number=0
 
|Participants municipal actors number=0
 
|Participants intergovernmental organisations number=0
 
|Participants intergovernmental organisations number=0
|Participants financial institutions number=1
 
|Participants financial institutions names=Lloyds Banking Group
 
 
|Participants other members number=0
 
|Participants other members number=0
 
|Participants supporting partners number=0
 
|Participants supporting partners number=0
 
|Number of members=
 
|Number of members=
 
|Have only national states as participators=No
 
|Have only national states as participators=No
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|One or two success stories achieved=In 2014, CLG led a package of work with a broad range of companies from many sectors
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|Indicators information={{Indicators information
to create enough clear political support for European leaders to agree to a 2030 target of
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|Indicator=Technical dialogue;Knowledge dissemination and exchange;
at least a 40% emissions cut. This work is ongoing and the Corporate Leaders Group
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continues to support an ambitious target in Europe.
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|Indicator=Technical dialogue;Knowledge production and innovation;
 
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In 2015, CLG published a report, 10 years of Carbon Pricing in Europe – A business
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|Indicator=Political dialogue;Policy planning and recommendations;
perspective, to mark the ten-year anniversary of the EU Emissions Trading System. The
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report contained interesting insights from a range of companies covered by the System. It
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|Indicator=Political dialogue;Awareness raising and outreach;
focussed on the actions companies had taken and the drivers behind these actions, whether
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and how the European carbon price had impacted on these actions and what other carbon
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|Indicator=Political dialogue;Advocacy;
reduction policies were relevant. The report concluded by making recommendations for
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future climate policies based on this feedback from real industry experiences.
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In 2015 the CLG, in partnership with the We Mean Business Coalition (of which the CLG is
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a founding member) worked with thousands of corporations and investors to urge world
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leaders to ensure that, a clear and specific long-term emissions goal was included in the
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final Paris agreement.
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The CLG has also delivered a number of internationally focused activities. These include:
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L’Appel de Paris: The Paris Pledge for Action
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Corporate Climate Communiqués
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IPCC Climate Science Business Briefings
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|Related initiatives={{Related initiative
 
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|Initiative role=Related initiative
 
|Initiative role=Related initiative
 
|Initiative=We Mean Business
 
|Initiative=We Mean Business
|Initiative comments=The Corporate Leaders Group is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition.
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|Initiative comments=CLG Europe is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition.
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|Initiative role=Related initiative
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|Initiative=Green Growth Partnership
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|Initiative comments=CLG Europe works in partnership with a range of networks including the European Green Growth Platform.
 
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|Initiative role=Related initiative
 
|Initiative role=Related initiative
|Initiative=Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition
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|Initiative=CLG Europe
|Initiative comments=The Corporate Leaders Group works together with the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition.
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|Initiative comments=The group was divided into two parts in 2019: the European group (CLG Europe) and the UK-focused group (CLG)
 
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Revision as of 12:38, 23 November 2020

General

Name of initiative CLG Europe
LPAA initiative No
NAZCA Initiative No
Website address https://www.corporateleadersgroup.com/corporate-leaders-group-europe
Related initiatives
CLG Europe works in partnership with a range of networks including the European Green Growth Platform.
CLG Europe is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition.
Starting year 2019
End year
Secretariat CLG Europe is facilitated by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).

CISL Belgium 23 rue de la Science 1040 Brussels - Belgium

Organisational structure CLG Europe develops credible, ambitious positions amongst its membership and deploys effective strategic communications to engage with the highest levels of policy audiences. CLG Europe is diverse in its membership and representative of Europe in both geography and sector, welcoming the innovative talent of SMEs as well as leading established companies. The group works closely with policymakers – particularly the Green Growth Group of EU climate and environment ministers, and supportive Members of the European Parliament through its Green Growth Partnership.

The group also maintains a network of sister groups across the EU and works in partnership with some of the largest business-focused organisations in support of climate action as one of the founders of the We Mean Business coalition, for which it provides the EU policy lead.

Geographical coverage Global
Name of lead organisation University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Type of lead organisation Academic/Research institution
Location/Nationality of lead organisation United Kingdom

Description

Description Our renewed Europe-focused group aims to be the leading cross-sectoral business voice convened across the EU in support of a climate neutral economy. It is supported by a team in Brussels that has a deep understanding of the political landscape, strong sustainability expertise and the capacity to source world-class evidence-based research and analysis.
Objectives CLG Europe works to develop solutions on climate change with policymakers and business peers across the world. The group engages at the EU-wide and member-state levels to raise policy ambition and drive the transformation to a low carbon economy, and projects those insights outside Europe by working in partnership on the international stage.

ensure cumulative global carbon emissions do not exceed one trillion tonnes help achieve the goal of net-zero emissions well before 2100 limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C build an economy that delivers the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Activities Through high-level convening, quality research, and new partnerships, CLG Europe informs public policy and leads the wider business community by example.

It is a European group, working at the EU, international and member state level and has the following workstreams: 1. Developing the evidence base with its members 2. Driving broader, deeper and more focussed engagement with policy makers 3. Working with the right partnerships to multiply impact It also works across three themes: Raising Ambition, Carbon Policy and Driving Innovation.

One or two success stories achieved CLG Europe published an open letter signed by around 200 business leaders and investors urging policy makers EU heads of state to set higher 2030 emissions reduction targets. The letter was mentioned in the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union 2020 speech

Monitoring and Impacts

Sustainable Development Impact:
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Function of initiative Technical dialogue, Political dialogue
Activity of initiative Knowledge dissemination and exchange, Knowledge production and innovation, Policy planning and recommendations, Awareness raising and outreach, Advocacy
Indicators
Goals
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals
How are you tracking progress of your initiative
Available reporting

Participants

Participants Number Names
Members 17  
Companies 17 Acciona,CCEP,DSM,EDF,Eneco,Ferrovial,Hybrit,Iberdrola,Interface,Ingka Group (Ikea),Microsoft,Rockwool,Salesforce,Signify,Sky,Stora Enso,Unilever
Business organisations 0
Research and educational organisations 0
Non-governmental organisations 0
National states 0
Governmental actors 0
Regional / state / county actors 0
City / municipal actors 0
Intergovernmental organisations 0
Financial Institutions 0
Faith based organisations 0
Other members 0
Supporting partners 0
Number of members in the years
Have only national states as participators No


Theme

Transport Agriculture Forestry Business Financial institutions Buildings Industry Waste Cities and subnational governments Short Term Pollutants International maritime transport Energy Supply Fluorinated gases Energy efficiency Renewable energy Supply chain emission reductions Adaptation Other Resilience Innovation Energy Access and Efficiency Private Finance
Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No No
Last update: 9 March 2022 14:26:08

Not only have national states as participators