Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband host Green Prosperity Plan summit to help unlock private sector investment and create good jobs

Rachel Reeves, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ed Miliband, Shadow Energy Secretary, yesterday hosted a Green Prosperity Plan summit of senior renewable energy leaders at Octopus Energy’s office in London.

The meeting was attended by representatives of businesses that the Party aims to work together with to unlock growth, boost green investment and create jobs in Britain’s industrial heartlands.

During the meeting Reeves and Miliband set out Labour’s plan to bring growth back to the British economy through Labour’s National Wealth Fund and Great British Energy and committed to working “hand in glove” with the private sector to create the conditions for a successful clean energy future. 

The Green Prosperity Plan is a central part of Labour’s election offer with the plan promising to deliver the Party’s clean power by 2030 mission, contribute to its growth mission, permanently taking hundreds of pounds off of energy bills, creating half a million good jobs, and making Britain energy independent.

Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, said:

“Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan is ambitious for Britain’s future. There is a global race taking place in the jobs and industries of the future, and only by working hand in glove with the private sector will Labour be able to lead it.”

Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Shadow Energy Secretary, said:

“Our Green Prosperity Plan is a world-leading agenda that will cut bills and create good jobs all across Britain’s industrial heartlands. It’s a big ambition, but it’s exactly what our country needs and with the government and industry working side by side we can achieve it.”

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Attendees:

• Duncan Clark, UK Managing Director, Orsted 
• Keith Mangan, Managing Director and Head of EMA for Climate Infrastructure, BlackRock  
• Simon Hayden, European Head of Sustainable Resources, Blackstone 
• Nomi Ahmad, CEO, GE Energy Financial Services 
• Chris Norbury, UK CEO, Eon 
• Ravi Gurumurthy, Group CEO, NESTA 
• Carl Ennis, CEO, Siemens 
• Natasha Mahmoudian, Head of Public Policy & Business Development, Tesla 
• Jason Mann, Senior Managing Director, FTI 
• Greg Hill, Deputy CEO, The Hill Group
• Clem Cowton, Director of External Affairs, Octopus 
• Greg Jackson, CEO, Octopus 
• Bill Rogers, Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Energies, CPPIB 
• Jake Oster, Director - Energy and Environmental Policy, EMEA, AWS 
• Kevin O’Donovan, UK Managing Director, Statkraft
• Laura Sandys (various roles including SSE, SGN, Green Alliance, Energy Systems Catapult) 
• Charlotte Brunning, Managing Director, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan 
• Nick Jansa, Head of EMEA, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan 
• Ian Douglas, CEO, XLCC