Making climate a boardroom priority

How we can leverage procurement to achieve positive climate impact.

Boards need to take their “treehugging” executive directors very seriously, says UK director, writer, academic and government advisor Sir Jonathan Porritt.

With agriculture creating almost half of New Zealand’s carbon emissions and a government proposal on pricing agricultural emissions just closed for consultation, it is easy to see why emotions are running high.

New guide lays out what the new climate disclosure regime means for directors and offers checklists of questions directors can ask to get ahead of the curve in the transition to a low carbon economy.

If current pledges by national governments are fully implemented, the world would be on track for 2.5C warming by the end of the century. Therefore to keep 1.5C alive, business has a crucial role to play to increase ambition and boards are critical in driving this change.

The United Nations High Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Commitments of Non-state Entities, has released its report with recommendations for businesses and financial institutions on how to avoid greenwashing when setting net zero commitments.

Session recordings from the Climate Governance Initiative (CGI) Global Summit 2022: Ambition to Action, a 24-hour virtual conference.