BIG NEWS: Following on from the Queue for Climate and Nature, the open letter signed by over 2000 business leaders has been delivered to No. 10 Downing St, calling for urgent action on climate and nature ahead of COP 28.
#climateaction
#q4climatenature
Financial Times joins Business Declares climate coalition.
We’re thrilled to announce that the
@FT
has committed to tackling the climate crisis with us.
Read the full statement:
@FTPressOffice
📍Join us from 12 noon at the St. Paul’s Cathedral end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill) to join the Queue over the bridge.
👔 Dress up smart to show our support as business and professionals.
📣 Spread the word and register at
The Financial Times commits to tackling the climate crisis with us.
We’re in today’s
@FT
to announce their membership to the world and to call on more businesses to be on the right side of history. Together we have the power to make a difference. Join us.
It’s a beautiful day for the Queue for Climate and Nature - the most important queue you’ll ever join!
📍Join us from 12 noon at the St. Paul’s end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill)
👔 Dress up smart to show our support as business and professionals.
#q4climatenature
When business comes together we can make a difference.
Join us and over 250 business leaders tomorrow for
#TheBigOne
, a huge, non-disruptive family friendly protest alongside over 200 other organisations and over 30,000 people.
We’re overwhelmed by today’s turnout for the Queue for Climate and Nature and it’s great to have so many in person signatures on the open letter.
BUT action doesn’t stop here!
Electronic signing is open - please head online to sign.
#Q4ClimateNature
We’ve handed the Open Letter, to
@CSkidmoreUK
outside the Conservative party conference: “This demonstrates a strong call from a vast range of businesses & business people to create a level playing on nature & on net zero to create the stability & clarity that business needs”
Today in the
@FT
we're calling on business leaders across the world to step up and fight the climate crisis with us, as leaders meet at
#COP27
Huge thanks to our members below:
#businessdeclares
📍Join us from 12 noon at the St. Paul’s Cathedral end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill) to join the Queue over the bridge.
👔 Dress up smart to show our support as business and professionals.
📣 Spread the word and register at
Thanks
@DaleVince
🙌
New protest in London this Friday, no road blocking, something quite different….:)
Head over to
@BizDeclares
to learn what it’s all about and how to get involved!
#Q4ClimateNature
If not now, when?
Today, as a network of over 100 businesses we are calling on more leaders to act now before it’s too late. We are shocked by the lack of emergency response from most governments and businesses. But together we can make a difference:
British brands & businesses including Ecotricity, The Body Shop & Pukka are among first to declare a climate & ecological emergency & join
#BusinessDeclares
Network, a new global movement to inspire as many businesses as possible to declare & take action
Are you ready to take your place in the queue tomorrow? This will be one you won’t want to queue jump!
📍Join us from 12 noon at the St. Paul’s Cathedral end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill) to join the Queue over the bridge.
#q4climatenature
📍Join us from 12 noon at the St. Paul’s Cathedral end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill) to join the Queue over the bridge.
👔 Dress up smart to show our support as business and professionals.
📣 Spread the word and register at
“Hundreds of business people gathered on London's Millennium Bridge to call for urgent governmental climate action”
@BBCNews
BUT the Queue for Climate and Nature action doesn’t stop here - SIGN the online open letter
➡️
We're powerful together💪 Friday & all weekend business leaders are joining thousands on the streets to call for an end to fossil fuel licensing to unlock a thriving future. We
@Rubber_Republic
were there with
@BizDeclares
& you can hear our message to government here 👉
Our latest thinking in response to Covid19, the health and
#PlanetaryEmergency
we are facing:
#BizDeclares
supports calls for a Green Recovery plan, need for conditionality of finance in line with
#netzero
& protecting
#nature
- read our statement here
This ⬇️😡SIGN the open letter calling on UK political leaders to accelerate action on climate and nature so that our businesses are secure, and our families, communities and nature can thrive!
#Q4climatenature
No infinite growth on a finite planet.
From floods to famine, the current system is leading us to climate collapse. Our business network is working together to do things differently.
Let’s fight the climate crisis together.
As leaders meet in
#COP27
, we’re in the
@FT
again to galvanise business leadership to take action, tackle the climate crisis together and be on the right side of history.
Thank you to our members at
@BizDeclares
who are collaborating to accelerate action.
'Tolerance & informed debate are essential to safe governance; seeing the country I love replacing these with a narrative of division, to justify withdrawal of democratic rights, fills my heart with sadness.' Guy Singh-Watson on the
#policeandcrimebill
:
Thank you to everyone who joined, supported and volunteered at the
#Q4ClimateNature
on 15 Sept. Hundreds of business leaders queued over the Millennium Bridge to call for authentic, accelerated action on climate and nature from UK Political Parties.
@BizDeclares
@BusinessStandUp
Our second
@FT
ad!
How can you make a difference at work today?
📢Join our network of 100+ members, collaborate now and help create the solutions needed.
Apply to become a member of Business Declares:
The panel is agreeing with Bevis Watts
@triodosuk
@DeborahMeaden
that there is now a global systemic risk from nature collapse. And businesses need to measure and take action on biodiversity loss as much as on net zero
#SaveOurWildIsles
As business leaders we declare a climate and ecological emergency.
We commit to tell the truth on the climate & ecological emergency, & to inspire urgent action and debate.
#BizDeclares
#BusinessDeclares
#ClimateEmergency
What an incredible spot to queue! Get out this lunchtime and join us queuing in the sun, demonstrating business support for government action on climate and nature, in the run up to the General Election.
#q4climatenature
The buzz is spreading, awareness is growing, especially now The Queue for Climate and Nature is in the
@FT
! 👀 Will you join us and help the queue grow too?
"Now young people in the UK are demanding that the government address the
#ClimateEmergency
through radical reform of the education system" - inspiring stuff on the
#TeachTheFuture
campaign
#COP25
begins today with UN Secretary General António Guterres warning that the 'point of no return' is in sight. We call on business leaders and owners to declare a
#ClimateEmergency
and take action NOW 🌎
We're in the
@FT
to share our collective call for change. By pioneering and sharing solutions, our network of 100+ businesses is making a difference. Join us to accelerate your climate action.
#COP27
Huge thanks to our members below:
#businessdeclares
We find ourselves at the intersection of several global crises: racial injustice, climate change & coronavirus. It’s important for us now, more than ever, to reflect on the interconnectedness of societal inequality.
#BlackLivesMatter
#GreenRecovery
@BizDeclares
is appalled by the decision today of the UK Government to approve the Rosebank Oil Field.
Add your voice to our Open Letter, already signed by thousands of businesses, due to be presented at the Tory and Labour party conferences.
@ChrisGPackham
Thanks for sharing
@ChrisGPackham
📍Join us from 12 noon at the St. Paul’s Cathedral end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill) to join the Queue over the bridge.
👔 Dress up smart to show our support as business and professionals.
📣 Register at
The reason why we are queuing on Friday in London .. Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find . Sobering news. Do join us to send a message to UK politicians to take action.
#Q4ClimateNature
Ahead of the
@UN
#ClimateAction
Summit, more and more companies are committing to set 1.5°C climate targets aligned with a net-zero future, challenging Governments to match their ambition. Join us to save
#OurOnlyFuture
:
@antonioguterres
@BizDeclares
are proud to have signed
@MMMoneyMatter
's open letter calling on the UK’s Big 5 high street banks to stop financing fossil fuel expansion.
Add your voice to our resounding call, and sign the open letter here:
2 days to go and we’re seeing huge support for this Friday’s Queue for Climate and Nature! Will you be joining us to show your support for long term business stability, a secure future for our families, and life on this planet 🌎
📣
#q4climatenature
The next 5 years are critical for climate action, business & finance have a key part to play🌏
📢 Come and join Business Declares' ‘Connected Conversation’ and be inspired by the potential for you and your business to drive the change.
Join here:
encouraged by a packed crowd at The Guildhall last night
@TPTaskforce
@bencaldecott
@KateLLevick
clear msg - this is coming, start now, collaborate, get help, process is messy but rewarding: engage across your business and create strategy to reduce future risks
Join the Queue for Climate and Nature on 15 Sept, to show business support for government to accelerate action on
#climate
and
#nature
- so that our businesses are secure, and our families, communities and nature can thrive.
@DaleVince
Thanks
@DaleVince
📍Join us from 12 noon at the St. Paul’s Cathedral end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill) to join the Queue over the bridge.
👔 Dress up smart to show our support as business and professionals.
📣 Spread the word and register at
At Business Declares we support the
#CEEbill
and will continue to work with
@CEEbill_NOW
to campaign for change
We've encouraged our members & volunteers to support this important bill and push for the urgent legislative change needed in the face of the
#ClimateEmergency
Thinking about declaring a Climate Emergency? Take part in
#NetZeroFestival
and join the Business Declares network for an interactive panel discussion on Climate action with
@BusinessGreen
at the prelaunch of Festival Preview on 28 September.
Sign up ⬇️
Business has the power to make a difference, we can face this challenge together.
As
#COP27
begins, we're in the
@FT
with our resounding call for businesses to take action and tackle the climate, ecological and social crisis.
Huge thanks to our members below:
#businessdeclares
Exciting member news: The Companion Series launches today, led by
@toastale
it’s a collab. of 25 breweries for
#COP26
, 26 limited-edition beers brewed with surplus bread to prevent
#foodwaste
.
£26 from every case is donated to
@rainforesttrust
@SoilHeroes
.
The Directors of Business Declares recognise our proud history of
#protest
in the UK which has included shaping and improving society; for example the
#CivilRights
movement and securing the right for women to
#vote
.
Read our full statement here:
Let’s create a future worth living and end fossil fuels and shift from farming practices that destroy nature and cause emission.
@DaleVince
@ecotricity
@CEEbill_NOW
We're delighted to welcome organic agriculture heavyweights
@Riverford
to the BD network!
Their vision has always show exemplary leadership regarding how we treat the earth and value staff and we look forward to working together to help other businesses do the same.
Our sympathies and thoughts go out to all those businesses affected by the current turmoil, especially those making progressive steps in the climate emergency. Through adversity comes opportunity. Stay strong.
#COVID19
#ClimateEmergency
“Investing in a company that doesn’t disclose its pollution is like investing in a company that doesn’t disclose its balance sheet” - TCI pulls no punches in its comments on companies failing to account for their impact on the environment 🌎
#ClimateEmergency
The next five years are critical‼️🌏
Join this network of 100+ members, collaborate now and help create the solutions needed.
Apply to become a member of Business Declares, check out our website and to find out more :
#businessdeclares
#climateemergency
Will you be joining the Queue for Climate and Nature? Tomorrow at noon:
📍Meet at the St. Paul’s end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill)
👔 Dress up smart to show our support as business and professionals.
📣 Spread the word and register at
“We need the government to enable the right conditions for businesses to take on the challenge of addressing the climate crisis”
@verelrodrigues
from our member
@_Element_Four
joined us for The Big One along with 350 other business leaders to call for an end to fossil fuels.
Following the sobering research on the state of our planet’s health presented in 2019, we have declared a
#ClimateEmergency
and we are committed to being carbon neutral by the end of this year. For more information ➡️
UN-backed Race to Zero campaign updates its criteria following its third major international consultation, raising the bar on net zero delivery and clarifying pathways for leadership.
Find out more here:
Trailblazers from the start,
@ecotricity
became not just Britain’s but the world’s first green electricity company in 1996.
Katrina Keen tells us why they joined us for
#TheBigOne
along with 350 other business leaders 👇
Do not let “ perfection be the enemy of the good “ says
@M_Heffernan
in our Connected Conversation leadership event today. Some CEOs do not know where to start, talk to others do some experiments and pilots. Take action and learn
A Year Until COP26! We're supporting the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill
@CEEbill_NOW
.
Join the discussion on Monday 9th November to find out more | 18:00 – 19:30 GMT
YouTube:
The full bill:
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateCrisis
Business Declares supports the
@CEEbill_NOW
.
Write to your local MP and sign the below petition to show your support and have your voice heard.
We will be releasing details of exciting new events soon.
"There's power in numbers. And there's power in unity."—Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
Be like Patrick—and 69,076 others—and sign the
#CEEbill
petition today.
👉
The next five years are critical‼️🌏
Join this network of 100+ members, collaborate now and help create the solutions needed.
Apply to become a member of Business Declares, check out our website and to find out more :
#businessdeclares
#climateemergency
Brilliant to see 61 B Corps in the UK committing to net zero emissions by 2030 and demonstrating climate action at
#COP25
! Find out more about the commitment to climate action here.
#netzero2030