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We are in the decisive decade. It's time to accelerate climate action.

All countries and all businesses can seize the opportunity and go all in to halve emissions by 2030. Together we can create an inclusive net zero economy, build resilient communities and limit global heating to 1.5°C.

The We Mean Business Coalition, together with our extended network of partners, catalyzes business and policy action to halve emissions by 2030 and accelerate an inclusive transition to a net zero economy.

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Annual Report 2023: Marking a decade of climate action

Our 2023 Annual Report gives a snapshot of our work over the past year covering fossil fuel phase-out, responsible policy engagement, research into decarbonization pathways and the green industrial transition, supply chain decarbonization and SME climate action.  

As we mark 10 years of the We Mean Business Coalition, we look back on the key milestones and map out a decade of ambitious corporate climate action leading to impactful policy change. 

Read more about the Annual Report here and get your copy

 

Join the Fossil to Clean campaign

With bold business and political leadership, we can scale clean energy and end our reliance on fossil fuels.

The Fossil to Clean campaign is a global movement of businesses going from fossil fuels to clean solutions.

Decisive leadership on climate action and transitioning away from fossil fuels is a route to making economies more energy secure, more competitive and creating new sources of growth and jobs.

Hundreds of companies are speaking out in support of bold action on fossil fuel phase-out.

 

The Latest News and Insight

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News Join the Supplier Cascade early adopters taking control of scope 3 emissions
Road testing a new approach to addressing value chain emissions.

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News Celebrating a decade of progress on corporate climate advocacy
The past decade has proven that businesses can be powerful agents of change, capable of driving large-scale reductions in GHG emissions.

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News Scaling private sector climate action: What can we learn from the Paris Agreement?
What can companies learn from what is already done under the Paris Agreement, to help measure and manage their greenhouse gas emissions?

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Reports Scaling up private sector action on climate change
Developing corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting guidance that aligns with the Paris Agreement.

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News Labour’s green growth agenda has made it the UK’s party of business
The first in a series of pieces from members and partners of the We Mean Business Coalition, authored by our Board Chair Sir Ian Cheshire.

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News 10 Years in…
We mark a decade of We Mean Business Coalition with the launch of our Annual Report and first episode of our special podcast series.

The 4 A's of Climate Leadership

Your guide to credible corporate climate action

Join thousands of companies seizing the opportunities of climate action for a net zero, 1.5°C-aligned world.

Explore best-in-class resources brought together by We Mean Business Coalition through our partners and collaborators.

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Leading businesses respond to the climate crisis with AMBITION.

They deliver on that ambition with ACTION.

They speak up to secure wider change through ADVOCACY.

And they drive progress by demonstrating ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Business progress

15,000

Over 15,000 companies of all sizes are taking climate action through Coalition partners' initiatives.

29%

Between 2015 and 2020, companies with approved science-based targets reduced combined scope 1 and 2 emissions by 29% on average.

1,100

Over 1,100 businesses from nearly 60 countries have urged governments to set policies that accelerate the clean energy transition.

Learn more about how we’re driving progress towards a net zero economy.

Progress

Small and medium sized business action on climate

Through its free tools and resources, the SME Climate Hub enables small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to make a climate commitment, take action and measure their progress towards emissions reductions.​ The SME Climate Hub is an initiative of the We Mean Business Coalition, created in partnership with the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the UN Climate Change High Level Champion’s Race to Zero campaign.

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Join the Ambition Loop

BY WORKING TOGETHER, COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS CAN ACCELERATE CLIMATE ACTION

Growing climate action from businesses is giving governments greater confidence, spurring them to set stronger policies that help businesses achieve their climate goals faster.

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Policymakers are responding to growing business leadership by setting bold climate policies to cut emissions in line with 1.5°C, spurring more companies to greater action.

Policy

Coalition Partners

The Coalition is a group of seven nonprofit organizations: BSR, CDP, Ceres, CLG Europe, Climate Group, The B Team and WBCSD. Together we catalyze business leadership and drive policy ambition to accelerate the transition to a net zero economy.

Partners

WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY A GROWING NUMBER OF LEADING PHILANTHROPIC ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER FUNDERS.

Funding

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