May 05 2016 What do companies that listen to climate science have in common? More than 150 companies have committed to use climate science to set targets for reducing corporate greenhouse gas emissions, in line with the international effort to keep global warming below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) over pre-industrial levels as set out in the Paris Agreement. Our interviews with sustainability leaders at five companies that have science-based targets in place show they share important characteristics that drive their ambition and underpin their success...
Apr 06 2016 You, too, can master value chain emissions Today, most major companies publicly report their emissions to CDP, an international corporate emissions platform. As sustainability managers know, corporate emissions come from a variety of sources, which are grouped into “scopes.”...
Nov 05 2015 Science-based Emissions Targets: The key to sending a strong corporate signal before COP 21 Have you noticed the growing number of companies speaking up for climate action this year? In April, 43 CEOs representing companies with operations in more than 150 countries signed a joint letter calling for “governments to take bold action at the Paris climate conference (COP21) in December 2015 to secure a more prosperous world for all of us.”...
Sept 25 2015 The business case for science-based targets to reduce emissions As national leaders gather in New York for Climate Week, many of the world’s 500 largest companies are already considering their impact on Earth’s climate. Eighty percent of them have set targets to reduce their climate-warming emissions...
May 22 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...
May 20 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...
