More than 200 business leaders will tune into a virtual meeting today (29 June), in which they will outline their plans to deliver a green coronavirus recovery and make last-minute recommendations on key policies which would help them align with net-zero.
At least half of FTSE100 firms will be represented at the meeting, coordinated by the Council for Sustainable Business and the Department for Food, the Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra). Among them are Unilever, Sainsbury’s, Severn Trent, Standard Chartered and Barratt Developments. COP26 President and Business Secretary Alok Sharma and Environment Secretary George Eustice will also be on the call, as will CSB member and Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd.
By signing up to attend, businesses have committed themselves to working with the Government, other businesses and other key stakeholders to accelerate progress on issues like decarbonisation, resource efficiency, energy efficiency and nature restoration in the run-up to COP26. The event was recently postponed to November 2021 due to the pandemic, prompting concerns that momentum may be lost.
Several of the businesses represented will also present case-studies, demonstrating how they have been able to align sustainability and profitability and encouraging others to follow suit. The CSB is hoping that the meeting will form a “key moment” in the delivery of the UK’s post-Covid-19 recovery plans. The Government’s official plan is due to be announced on Tuesday (30 June) by Boris Johnson, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak set to provide more details in the first half of July.
The meeting comes less than a week after the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) submitted its recommendations for creating a net-zero-aligned recovery package to Ministers and on the same day that the Environmental Audit Committee and BEIS Committee launched new inquiries into the impact of the UK Government’s recovery plans.
Source: edie.net
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