January Monthly Briefing: Carbon, Carbon, Carbon Our views on what matters |
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Welcome to our January newsletter, the first in 2020 and fittingly focused this month on carbon, carbon, carbon. If 2019 was the year when the world heard the climate change message, let 2020 be when seismic, measurable action kicks in. Great to see BlackRock’s commitment to exiting investments with high sustainability-related risk and launching products that screen fossil fuels, as well as major airlines’ commitment to offsetting. Great to see the UK’s The Guardian newspaper’s ban on accepting fossil fuel advertisers. Great to see consumer carbon awareness now starting with carbon labelling on food packaging. If you are tasked with ensuring carbon traction gets to the top of your business’s agenda in 2020, we propose three key steps in our Carbon, carbon, carbon article to help you get there. And our Get a move on with carbon one-pager lays out the key milestones.
Wishing everyone a successful 2020 in making responsible business become BAU. Hope you enjoy our 2020 Actions for Business, our annual look at what we see as the challenges for business. Businesses need to be prepared to lead. It is what stakeholders and society expect. |
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| | | BlackRock vows tougher stance on climate risks
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s annual letter calls for greater disclosure of climate-related risks and promises to launch new investment products that screen fossil fuels.
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| | British Airways, EasyJet and others commit to offsetting flights
From BA to EasyJet more and more airlines are launching carbon offset initiatives and starting to make their flights more sustainable. Is this finally a sign that heavily polluting industries are beginning to consider more dramatic changes?
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| | Quorn to be first major food brand to introduce carbon labelling
With Quorn including “farm to shop” carbon footprint data on its label, will this be the tipping point that other retailers will replicate in the context of the conscious consumerism of 2020?
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| | Carbon, carbon, carbon
Three thoughts to inspire businesses wanting to ensure carbon traction goes to the top of the agenda in 2020.
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| | Get a move on with carbon
Someone pointed out to us what a great resource our Sustainability Timeline was. It is indeed a great resource. Yet the carbon/climate change issue is moving on so fast that it needs updating. Read More |
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