Difference between revisions of "CLG Europe"

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|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.
|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.
 
It also works across three themes: Raising Ambition, Carbon Policy and Driving Innovation.
|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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|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
to create enough clear political support for European leaders to agree to a 2030 target of
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|Participants companies number=17
at least a 40% emissions cut. This work is ongoing and the Corporate Leaders Group
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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
continues to support an ambitious target in Europe.
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In 2015, CLG published a report, 10 years of Carbon Pricing in Europe – A business
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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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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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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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|Participants companies number=19
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|Participants companies names=ACCIONA (Spain), Anglian Water Group (United Kingdom), Coca Cola (USA), DSM (New Zealand), EDF (France), GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom), Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom), HYBRIT - Fossil free steel (Sweden), IBERDROLA (Spain), INGKA (Germany), Interface (USA), Rockwool (Denmark), Salesforce (USA), Signify (United Kingdom), Sky (USA), Stora Enso (Finland), TESCO (United Kingdom), Thames Water (United Kingdom), Unilever (United Kingdom).
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|Participants financial institutions names=Lloyds Banking Group (United Kingdom)
 
 
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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 is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition.
CLG Europe works in partnership with a range of networks including the European Green Growth Platform.
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:
E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-07.png   E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-09.png   E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-12.png   E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-13.png   E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-17.png  
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