The latest on Seize the Moment: March

• Save the date for the CBI’s Achieving Net Zero conference, June 7-8! Secure your place today.  
• Join the CBI’s new Sustainability Community to meet likeminded sustainability professionals and discuss your most pressing challenges, explore solutions, and learn good practice. Contact Nic and Milda to find out more.
• You can also use this toolkit to access the exclusive advice, guidance, and good practice the CBI has developed with members to support your decarbonisation journey.

• Read the CBI’s response to the low carbon heat mechanism consultation following the Heat and Buildings Strategy, which outlined how the government intends to meet its decarbonisation targets for the broader build environment
• Last chance to feed in your views on the government’s new Biodiversity Net Gain requirements. Find out how
• The CBI held a workshop to provide the government’s new Infrastructure Bank with a platform to test emerging thinking around clean energy, transport, digital, water, and waste infrastructure investment. Discover the key takeaways here
• Want to have your say on the Low Carbon Fuels Strategy? Get involved.

1. Following the events in Ukraine, the CBI has spoken to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) about how businesses can improve their cyber resilience during periods of heightened threat. Check out the cyber security advice section in this article
2. Learn how the government’s National Cyber Strategy might impact your business and how to stay safe and flourish in cyberspace.

How is your business innovating to meet net zero? Send us your examples.

1. Digital Regulation: your input matters on the Online Safety Bill
2. How can the UK be a science superpower? Contact us to help with our response to the House of Lords Science &Technology Committee
3. Business views still needed on GDPR reform: help boost innovation, international data flows, and reduce the admin burden
4. Horizon Europe alternatives: get in touch to contribute to shaping the CBI’s priorities.

Join us at the upcoming CBI @10am: what does the Ukraine crisis mean for business? Book your place. 

As the situation in Ukraine constantly evolves, the CBI is working closely with the government and our members to ensure open communication and support where needed. We have put together a Ukraine crisis page with information to support your business. Keep up with all of our latest activity via Twitter @CBI_Int.

Find out what we are campaigning for!

Join the CBI's international team to keep up to date with the local political and economic environments in China, the USA, Europe and India, find opportunities for your business, and exchange ideas with peers.

• A view from China: March 31, 09:30 – 10:30
• A view from the USA: April 28, 15:30 - 16:30
• A view from Europe: May 31, 11:00 - 12:00
• A view from India: June 30, 11:00 - 12:00

1. The CBI has convened a steering committee to oversee and direct the development of our work on clusters - concentrations of companies and institutions that benefit from being located together. Get in touch with your Account Manager to discuss how your business can get involved with the CBI’s clusters work
2. Watch this space for the CBI's upcoming regional roadshow think-ins!

From May, we will be running sessions to gather insights and learnings from clusters across the UK to help shape a live, online clusters playbook. More information coming soon.

Read the highlights, find out what this means for your business, and how you can get involved with our cluster demonstrator projects.

Attend the Regional Council rounds for updates on the Ukraine crisis, as well as to discuss the Levelling Up white paper and our cost of living and economic growth work. For more information, get in touch with your account manager.

The CBI Partner Programme for HR Leaders is now open for member nominations, get paired with a policy colleague from the CBI team to help support your People strategy.

Share your views on transforming the apprenticeship levy into a Skills Challenge Fund – more flexible – more modular.

1. Read our analysis of the latest Labour market statistics and what it means for you
2. Check out our shortages campaign page for practical advice and case studies, and download our CEO action plan
3. Join a People and Skills Network meeting near you to hear how firms in your region are tackling shortages
4. Share what your business is doing to embrace new ideas and technologies to tackle labour shortages.

Gender pay reporting returns to its original format for 2022, find out more.

• Check out the CBI’s latest policy briefing
• Read our submission to the Education Select Committee Inquiry on the future of post-16 qualifications.

In the first of the CBI and Business for Health roundtable series we explored how business could help improve the health of the nation’s workforce. Join us on May 5 for the next roundtable focusing on the data side of occupational health. Contact Lydia to get involved.

This new CEO council will steer the big conversations, providing opportunities to share views and concerns directly with policymakers and influencers across the health sphere. Contact Jake to find out how your business can feed in its views.