NB: Large Enterprises and Multinational Corporations listed in bold.

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Here is what business leaders are saying:

Aeon – Kahori Miyake, Chief Sustainability Officer:
“The latest IPCC report and the UN report both indicate that we are rapidly running out of time to achieve the 1.5-degree target. Decisive action is needed now and it cannot be delayed. As demonstrated in the letter, a large number of businesses are levelling up their own actions and determined to contribute the necessary solutions. We call on G20 leaders to rise up the challenge with us. Collective action is the only way to achieve halving global emissions by 2030.”

Arçelik – Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO:
“The world is indeed at a crucial turning point, and we are all being called upon to help steer it towards a greener and more sustainable future. Our role is clear and the actions we must implement are even clearer. We must halve global emissions and enforce a cleaner way of doing business by 2030 in order to limit global warming to 1.5C and we can do so with smart investment and future-defining strategy. Arçelik is investing $50 million into renewable energy, energy efficiency and 100% green electricity purchasing initiatives, in all of our global manufacturing plants, by 2030. In addition to this, Arçelik fully supports a new energy market with its solar business model. But the work does not stop here; we need policies that will drive change and encourage businesses to follow suit so we can build stronger, just, and more resilient economies together.”

Asics Corporation – Chairman and CEO Motoi Oyama:
“We appeal to G20 leaders to seize this pivotal moment to take action that ensures we can collectively halve global emissions by 2030. Business has the potential to bring about rapid change, but we need clear and consistent policies to drive the business investments and decisions that will build stronger, just, and more resilient economies, both for our own business activities across the globe, as well as those of our business partners in other G20 countries. We believe that for people to achieve a sound mind in a sound body, we need a sound earth. ”

Atlassian – Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-Founder and Co-CEO:
“We urge G20 leaders to step up and go all in to collectively halve global emissions by 2030 in order to limit warming to 1.5C. We all have a part to play. With greater investment in renewables, carbon abatement and national-level commitments, we can scale up the solutions that exist today and simultaneously innovate to develop the rest. Business has the potential to bring about rapid change, but we need clear and consistent policies to drive the business investments and decisions that will build stronger and more resilient economies.”

Croda – Steve Foots, CEO:
“We are committed to becoming the most sustainable supplier of innovative ingredients and recognise the importance for all countries and organisations to work together to place climate-related issues at the top of the agenda. The 1.5°C ambition of the Paris Agreement is pivotal for us to minimise the most catastrophic effects of climate change and protect our world for generations to come. Now is the time for us all to convert ambitious climate goals into action and drive emission reduction programs across countries, global markets and supply chains.”

Godrej & Boyce – Jamshyd N. Godrej, Chairman & Managing Director:
“The urgency couldn’t be clearer: Climate change poses existential threat to society and to business. In the fight against this global challenge for our planet, we as business leaders recognise that climate action is a path to job creation, economic growth, improved public health and enhanced innovation. Godrej and Boyce is committed to being a part of the solution and calls upon G20 leaders to go all in to collectively halve global emissions by 2030 in order to limit warming to 1.5 degrees centigrade by the end of this century”.

Iberdrola – Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera, Director of Climate Change and Alliances:
“We urge G20 leaders to step up and go all in to collectively halve global emissions by 2030 in order to limit warming to 1.5C. We all have a part to play. With greater investment and the right policy signals we can scale up the solutions that exist today and simultaneously innovate to develop the rest. Business has the potential to bring about rapid change, but we need clear and consistent policies to drive the business investments and decisions that will build stronger, just, and more resilient economies.”

Freshfields – Senior Partner Georgia Dawson: 
“Businesses have a crucial role to play in the transition to a low-carbon future. Working alongside governments, with greater investment and the right regulatory infrastructure and policies in place, I believe we can scale up the solutions that will build stronger, just, and more resilient economies. We are delighted to join many businesses in helping to shape the conditions through which our people and economies can thrive, while protecting our environment and the planet.”

Legrand – Benoît Coquart, CEO:
“Conscious of the climate emergency we are facing while we approach a crucial COP26, ​Legrand is joining forces with hundreds of other companies in calling on the G20 to set policies that will keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal within reach. We believe that business and government can go further and faster on climate action together. Legrand is responding daily to environmental, societal and technological challenges, and the Group is committed to reducing its CO2 emissions and reaching science-based targets in line with the objective of limiting the rise in temperatures to 1.5°C.”

Levi Strauss & Co. – Liz O’Neill, Chief Operations Officer, Levi Strauss & Co.:
“Levi Strauss & Co. set science-based targets on climate consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C in 2018, knowing that ambitious corporate action was needed to help address the existential crisis of our time. We now urge G20 leaders to do likewise and to take the steps needed to halve global emissions by 2030. This will provide coherency for companies like ours that are committed to climate action and help us go further faster to collectively deliver impact. It will encourage others to act as well, driving action at the scale needed to address the climate crisis and build stronger, just, and more resilient economies.”

Lyft – Anthony Foxx, Lyft’s Chief Policy Officer and former US Secretary of Transportation under President Obama:
“If we are ever going to reverse the disastrous impacts of climate change, it’s going to take the work of all of us. For our part, Lyft is committed to reaching 100% electric vehicles on our platform by 2030 in order to slash greenhouse gas emissions, and we are calling on G20 leaders to adopt policies that help do the same. Together, we can continue to take bold steps to overcome one of the most pressing challenges in a generation.”

Natura & Co. – Roberto Marques, Executive Chairman and Group CEO:
“Natura & Co. calls on G20 Leaders to scale up the ambition to tackle the climate crisis. The future of our planet depends on the choices made now. We urge policy makers to strengthen NDCs to guarantee we halve global emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050, to accelerate the phasing out non-renewables, and to align public finance with our 1.5°C goal.”

Ørsted – Mads Nipper, CEO
“We urge G20 leaders to do everything possible to halve global emissions by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5C. The time to act is now in our collective fight against climate change – we have no time to waste. As the production and use of energy accounts for 73% of global emissions, a step change in the pace of the energy transition is essential to reach our goals. Governments hold the key to unlocking a more sustainable future – but must urgently enhance green energy ambitions and emissions reduction targets ahead of COP26. Ørsted stands ready to support governments in achieving the deep decarbonisation needed to ensure a better future for all.”

SAP – Daniel Schmid, Chief Sustainability Officer:
“We need G20 leaders to agree to halve global emissions by 2030. With that mandate, business can get to work reshaping the global economy to make it a reality. We can use our capital, technology, networks, and innovations to scale the solutions that will get us there. Business is the only force that can make this rapid change happen. Consistent and ambitious policies for a 1.5 degree world will help focus our collective energy and accelerate our investments to build it.”

Volvo – Stuart Templar, Director of Global Sustainability:
“We all have a role to play in tackling the climate crisis. Volvo Cars is part of the problem, and by addressing carbon emissions across our entire business – including by planning to be a fully electric car company by 2030 – we’re taking tangible steps to be part of the solution. We need G20 leaders to work with us to help us reach our climate goals, including through clear end dates for fossil fuel vehicle sales and investment in rapid and clean charging infrastructure.”

Unilever – Alan Jope, CEO:
“Time is running out to keep 1.5 degrees within reach. The private sector is already taking bold action as the business case for resilient, net-zero economies is crystal clear. But we can only get there if governments set ambitious climate goals. We urge the G20 leaders to go all-in on the goal of halving global emissions by 2030, with targets, policies and public investment commensurate with the scale of that challenge. In doing so, they can set the world on course for a new era of sustainable, inclusive and resilient growth, at a time when it has never been more necessary.”

Wipro Ltd – P S Narrayan, Global Head Sustainability and Social Initiatives:
“The urgency couldn’t be clearer: Climate change poses existential threat to society and to business. In the fight against this global challenge for our planet, we as business leaders recognise that climate action is a path to equitable job creation, economic growth, improved public health and enhanced innovation. Wipro are committed to being a part of the solution and call on G20 leaders to go all in to collectively halve global emissions by 2030 in order to limit warming to 1.5ºC.”