archiveMarch 2023

The majority of large companies analysed in a new report are failing in good practice climate leadership, according to Carbon Market Watch. The 2023 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor found the climate strategies of 15 of the 24 largest companies to be of low or very low integrity and that most of the companies’ strategies do not represent examples of good practice climate leadership. Companies’ climate change commitments do not match what their pledges might suggest. Their combined emission reduction commitments are wholly insufficient to align with 1.5°C-compatible decarbonisation trajectories; targets...

Forty-three per cent of boardrooms do not intend to approve a net zero transition plan in the next 12 months, according to a new survey. Data shows that in 2019, 16 per cent of the global economy was covered by a Net-Zero pledge by 2050 in and in 2021, this figure increased to 68 per cent. CEOs understand that sustainability and ESG factors are critical to future business success, so why have boardrooms been slow to act and what is preventing them from making significant progress to cut carbon emissions?...

IoT represents a transformational point in understanding the full potential of a digital-first approach to sustainability. Over the last five years, there has been a significant increase in the number of public and private sector organisations exploring and benefiting from Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. Its capabilities to capture and share data are helping to create a force for good within communities across the globe. Last year, City of Edinburgh Council invested in a state-of-the-art ‘smart waste’ system that is changing how the local authority manages waste collections.  Eleven thousand...

The carbon footprint of homeworking can easily be overlooked when measuring a company’s environment impact. But homeworking, from an environmental reporting perspective, presents a unique challenge as little or no specific data is available on which to base the calculation of remote workers. There are significant variances in the approach to calculating and reporting these emissions and so EcoAct, in partnership with Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group, has produced a guide to measuring carbon footprint of homeworking to provide a standardised approach to facilitate fair comparison and transparency. Companies...

Gen Z’ers believe it is their responsibility to take action on climate change but they should not be responsible, according to new research. Gen Z is the youngest most ethnically-diverse and largest generation in American history, comprising 27 per cent of the US population. The Gen Z generation was born between 1997-2012, following millennials, and grew up with technology, the internet and social media which sometimes causes them to be stereotyped as tech-addicted, anti-social, or ‘social justice warriors’. Gen Z will soon become the largest cohort of consumers and brands who want a piece...