The transition to a zero-carbon economy has already begun and is bringing significant benefits, but it’s not happening fast enough. We need to accelerate the transition to achieve zero-carbon transport, power, built environment, heavy industry and land use by 2050.
UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company, is working to cut its greenhouse gas emissions as it looks to accelerate the transition to zero-carbon transport. We spoke to Scott Phillippi, Senior Director Automotive Maintenance and Engineering International Operations at UPS.
The scale of the climate crisis is more visible than ever. Not only has it been clearly articulated by the world’s leading climate scientists, communities around the world are suffering more frequent, extreme and widespread storms, heat waves and wildfires.
CEOs of major companies call on US Congress to set a national price on carbon.
Nigel Topping, CEO of the We Mean Business coalition, explains how the zero-carbon power system is not only a possibility but a fast approaching reality.
We spoke to Citi’s Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Sustainability, Valerie Smith, about the policies needed to support business to take climate action. Citi would like to see a renewed commitment to the Paris Agreement and certainty and consistency from policy makers will allow business to start planning for the low carbon economy, Smith […]
We spoke to Ingka Group’s CEO, Jesper Brodin, about the policies needed to support business in the low carbon economy. Ingka Group believes that providing incentives for business is the fastest way to create positive change, particularly with the role out electric vehicles in cities, Brodin said.
“In the Netherlands, the government recognises that it needs to be carbon neutral around halfway through this century, which comes out of the Paris Agreement. This is translated through concrete policies,” Marcel Beukeboom, Climate Envoy for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, said.
“At Levi’s, what the business needs from policy makers are incentivising in investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy. And make renewables a level playing field with fossil fuels, in order to allow the business to invest,” Michael Kobori, Vice-President, Sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co., said.
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