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22 May 2015 Companies cannot keep shying away from setting tough climate targets Only a handful of companies are setting emission reduction targets in line with what climate scientists say is necessary – that must change...

20 May 2015 This is leadership: why companies are setting emissions goals based on science Corporate climate action has come a long way in recent years. About 81 percent of the world’s 500 largest companies have set greenhouse gas reduction targets...

06 May 2015 Targets: what do they mean to your business? As we count down to the highly anticipated UN climate talks in Paris this December, countries, states and businesses have been paving the way for a deal by putting forward targets for how they will tackle climate change. The state of California, the world’s eighth-largest economy, is the latest to announce its goal: to cut 40% of its emissions from 1990 levels by 2030.

04 Dec 2014 Aiming with your eyes open Long-term planning may be difficult in the fast-moving world of business, but it’s at the core of what all companies must do well to thrive. This is no different when it comes to setting ambitious emissions reduction goals.

25 Sep 2014 Linking Carbon-Reduction Targets to Economic Value Added: Making Sense of Science Towards ‘climate-stabilizing’ corporate carbon-reduction targets

04 Sep 2014 Engaging companies and the tragedy of the commons The urgent call of science is telling us, as a society, as countries and as individuals to act in concert to help diminish the worst impacts of climate change...