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The UK Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change
(UK CLG)
Convened in 2004
Aim: To bring together business leaders (UK &
international) to advocate the development of new and
longer term policies for tackling climate change
13 companies initially
First output was letter to PM Tony Blair in May 2005,
immediately in advance of G8 Gleneagles Summit
Key messages of 2005 letter to Prime Minister
Tony Blair:
• Need to take “urgent and informed action now if we are to
avoid worst impacts of climate change”
• Enabling a low-carbon future should be “a strategic business
objective for the UK”
• Group offered to work “in partnership” with Government to
make progress on climate change
• Need strong policy framework to create business certainty
that climate change will be addressed
Membership of CLG (October 2009):
Role of Corporate Leaders Group:
• The Corporate Leaders Group has allowed business to
engage in a proactive and positive dialogue with
government.
• This is good for business in that it allows it to establish
the future conditions needed for action.
• This is good for government in that it allows it to seek
input from a key stakeholder yet maintain their
environmental goals.
“ We are committed
to a pathway that
will slow, stop and
reverse the growth
of U.S. emissions
while expanding
the U.S. economy.”
The Bali Communiqué (Nov 2007)
“The scientific evidence is now
overwhelming”.
“As business leaders, it is our belief that the
benefits of strong, early action on climate
change outweigh the costs of not acting”