Aims

The Aldersgate Group is a politically impartial, multi-stakeholder alliance championing a prosperous, net zero emissions, environmentally sustainable economy.

Our members include some of the largest businesses in the UK as well as leading NGOs, professional institutes and academic institutions.

Our mission is to trigger the change in policy required to address environmental challenges effectively, affordably and in a way that can maximise economic and job creation benefits across the UK. Through careful evidence gathering, policy development and targeted engagement with policy makers, our work demonstrates the clear business case for decarbonising the UK economy, improving resource efficiency and investing in the natural environment. We aim to put forward practical policy solutions to deliver this investment on the ground.

We call on the government to:

• Set a high level of ambition in climate policy, resource efficiency and environmental protection and restoration.
• Deliver on this ambition with clear, coherent, forward-looking and well-supported legislation that can tackle the UK’s climate and environmental challenges, while setting an example of international best practice.
• Provide the policy stability needed to unlock affordable business investment in the green infrastructure, products and services required to achieve the UK’s targets on net zero emissions, climate adaptation, resource efficiency and nature restoration.
• Develop a comprehensive strategy on skills development to ensure that the current and future workforce have the skills they need to benefit from the investment and job creation associated with the UK’s net zero emissions target and other environmental goals.

Our expert Secretariat manages the policy output and administrative management of the Aldersgate Group, which is overseen by its board of directors and senior leadership team.

What we do

We develop independent policy solutions based on targeted research, sound evidence and the extensive expertise of our members. Through our diverse membership, we advocate for policy change that delivers positive environmental development and economic benefits across the UK. The Group is focused on ensuring that the UK’s climate and environmental targets translate into measures that are environmentally effective and that grow affordable investment in low carbon infrastructure, products and services. A key objective for the Group is to ensure that climate and environmental policy can result in positive impacts in terms of supply chain growth, significant job creation and investment in skills across the country.

Using our unique position and real-life business case study insights from our cross-sectoral membership, we engage with key decision makers, respond to important consultations and inquiries, develop major policy reports and briefings, and hold high-level debates to present coherent solutions to important and complex policy challenges.

Our values

The Aldersgate Group believes the core driver of change is collaboration. Our effectiveness is built on commitment and pragmatic insight. We value kindness and inclusivity in everything we do.

Our funding

Our Annual Report for 23-24 is attached below, including highlights from our work during that period and the organisation’s financial accounts. You can also find our transparency statements attached for further information on our director’s register of interests.

Committed to equity, diversity and inclusion

The Aldersgate Group is committed to promoting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all aspects of our organisation. We recognise that a diverse and inclusive environment is essential for fostering creativity, innovation and sustainability, as well as a rewarding workplace experience. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy aims to cultivate a culture that values and respects the unique perspectives, experiences and identities of all individuals within our community and beyond, and is revisited regularly.

Aldersgate Group is proud to have committed to the Diverse Sustainability Initiative public pledge to improve and promote diversity.

Furthermore, we have committed to the Route Map Towards Greater Ethnic Diversity in the Environment Sector, with the aim to create a more ethnically diverse and inclusive environment movement. Together with other organisations who are following the Route Map, we are united in our conviction that change is necessary. We intend to create a more inclusive culture and more inclusive ways of working, to address racism and barriers to progress for people of colour, and to increase our ethnic diversity. We are determined to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to be part of our vital environmental mission.

We are pleased to share we are a signatory of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We know that ethnic minorities still face significant disparities in employment and progression, and that is something we need to change. The Charter is composed of seven calls to action for leaders and organisations across all sectors. We signed up to taking practical steps to ensure workplaces are tackling barriers that Black, Asian, Mixed Raced and other ethnically diverse face in recruitment and progression and that their organisations are representative of British society today.