Businesses are increasingly claiming to support climate action but many struggle to make substantive change. A systematic approach can help businesses set robust greenhouse gas reduction targets and navigate the use of carbon credits
Category: Business
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Conventional wisdom is that business resents regulation: this is not always the case when it comes to climate. A sizeable number of G20 businesses are calling on their governments to set clear, ambitious policies and regulation that will protect the 1.5ºC climate goal
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Capitalism and sustainability are on a collision course, one that threatens to destroy both the market system and the planet. To head off the impending crash, we must end environmental externalities and make polluters pay for the harm they cause. Standardizing corporate ESG reporting offers a path toward clarity on the environmental harms that need to be addressed
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Marketing and lobbying in support of bogus “green” solutions is undermining global efforts to halt climate change. The UN must step in to convene an intergovernmental scientific panel that evaluates corporate environmental claims
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The SDGs provide a ready-made plan for tackling humankind’s two greatest threats: COVID-19 and climate change. The solutions are within our reach
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The Decade of Action demands rapid and impactful innovation in all areas to make Agenda 2030 a reality. How can we achieve this?
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Achieving the just transition to a sustainable future
Global, US and Canada
The phasing out of fossil fuels must be fair to all, including those communities dependent on polluting industries. Yet policies to achieve this ‘just transition’ remain weak and scattered. What must governments do to strengthen them?
