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COP27 business pavilion for climate leadership

We Mean Business Coalition hosted a pavilion at the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Summit, with WBCSD and 70+ partner organizations, to bring an ambitious and coordinated business voice to COP27.

It’s time to go all in on climate action to cut emissions, build resilience and redirect finance. Find out more.

Over 250 business leaders and major civil society voices reaffirm their own commitment to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C and call on governments to urgently pursue delivery. Read the statement

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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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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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Policy makers 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.

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Business progress

1,400+

Over 1,400 companies are aligning their emission reduction targets with the 1.5°C trajectory, through Business Ambition for 1.5°C.

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

1,100+

Over 1,000 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.

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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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Latest from the Coalition

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Blog We Mean Business Coalition statement on the outcomes of COP27

The best way to limit the scale of loss and damage for vulnerable communities around the world, is to cut emissions as fast as possible.
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Blog Letter from We Mean Business Coalition to the COP27 Presidency on fossil fuels phase down

The We Mean Business Coalition partners strongly support the inclusion of language around a clean, just energy transition away from fossil fuels in the COP27 cover decisions.
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Blog Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

Here are some of the positive signals and key announcements from the ten days of COP27, across corporate climate ambition, action, advocacy and accountability.
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Blog Our vision is for all corporates to engage responsibly with climate policy. This is how we’re making it a reality.

We Mean Business Coalition has launched a vision paper at COP27 on responsible policy engagement (RPE) by corporates.
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Blog Governments must act decisively at COP27 to build a safer world for all

The needs of women and communities most vulnerable to climate change should be front and centre of negotiations at COP27.
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Blog 200+ business and civil society voices: 1.5°C is a Limit Not a Target

It is crucial that governments take the action necessary to keep global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Over 200 business leaders and major civil society voices reaffirm their own commitment and call on governments to urgently pursue delivery.
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Blog We Mean Business Coalition and Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity (VCMI) Initiative aim to accelerate corporate climate action

Through our new partnership, We Mean Business Coalition and VCMI will support companies to build integrity in voluntary carbon markets.
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Video María Mendiluce on Barriers to Climate Action

We Mean Business Coalition CEO María Mendiluce talks about barriers to climate action including finance access, and the need for regulation and consistent reporting.
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Blog COP27: Get finance flowing in the right direction so business can cut emissions faster

We Mean Business Coalition calls on government to direct more funding towards business action to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts.
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Blog Companies and auditors are still flying blind – better co-working is needed between finance and sustainability for more coherent reporting

We Mean Business Coalition Deputy Director, Net Zero Finance Dr. Jane Thostrup Jagd shares key takeaways from a COP27 Business Pavilion event hosted by Carbon Tracker and Climate Action 100+.
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Blog At COP27, small businesses need governments and corporations to ratchet up ambition and the action to match

We cannot reach global emissions goals without SMEs on board, but governments and corporations must join us in facilitating their action, writes SME Climate Hub Director Pamela Jouven.
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Blog Statement on behalf of We Mean Business Coalition ahead of COP27

Ahead of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheik, the CEOs of the We Mean Business Coalition partners call on governments to increase ambition and accelerate climate action on mitigation, adaptation and finance.

The transition to a net-zero economy is accelerating - find out the latest signals of change from the past week.

Signals of Change

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.

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The We Mean Business Coalition was a founding partner of the following key corporate climate initiatives

 

We Mean Business coalition is generously supported by a growing number of leading philanthropic organisations and other funders.

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