Prince Charles Wants Companies To Raise £7.3bn For His Earth Charter

Prince Charles Wants Companies To Raise £7.3bn For His Earth Charter

GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 17: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales wearing a face-mask during a ... [+] visit to Gloucestershire Vaccination Centre at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on December 17, 2020 in Gloucester, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)



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The Prince of Wales is asking companies to join "Terra Carta" (Earth charter) for a more sustainable future, aiming to raise £7.3bn to invest in nature. After he met with Greta Thunberg in Davos last year, Prince Charles presented his new campaign at the virtual One Planet Summit on Monday.

"If we consider the legacy of our generation, more than 800 years ago, Magna Carta inspired a belief in the fundamental rights and liberties of people,” he writes in Terra Carta's presentation. "As we strive to imagine the next 800 years of human progress, the fundamental rights and value of nature must represent a step-change in our 'future of industry' and 'future of economy' approach."

The Prince of Wales, who has been committing to the environment since the 1970s, added on Monday that he “can only encourage, in particular, those in industry and finance to provide practical leadership to this common project, as only