2Sustain

The newly updated Climate Counts scorecard, released earlier this month, reveals that over the past year businesses have made some improvements with regard to sustainability issues. However, huge differences remain between sectors, and it appears that, in general terms, industry as a whole is failing to meet the climate challenge. Taken altogether, Climate Counts Executive Director Wood Turner describes the results as “disappointing.”

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Regular readers here  know that I use this forum to emphasize not only the risks, but also the opportunities, presented to businesses by climate change. With that in mind, I’m pleased to direct your attention to a new report titled, “Climate Disclosure Project 2008, FTSE 350, Building business resilience to inevitable climate change.”

This document, which was prepared by Acclimatise and sponsored by IBM, explores the climate change challenges facing businesses today and includes examples of best practices for coping with climate risks.

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