Climate change news
- FTSE4Good launches new climate change criteria at high profile event
- FTSE4Good, the index series designed to measure the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards, has launched a new set of climate change criteria that certain companies must meet in order to be included on the index.
- World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting sees launch of new climate change consortium
- This new international partnership of seven organisations- called the Climate Disclosures Standards Board, is to establish a generally accepted framework for climate risk-related reporting by corporations.
- World Economic Forum survey shows climate change has shot up business and political agenda
- A survey of the 2,500 people who attended the annual meeting of the WEF in Davos revealed that one in five said tackling climate change was the biggest priority world leaders should focus on, in comparison to less than one in 10 a year ago.
- New UK Climate Change taskforce formed
- Business leaders from 17 of Britain's largest companies have formed a taskforce to develop radical ideas on tackling climate change.
- Survey finds that most US companies are doing a poor job of disclosing climate risks
- The report, published by CERES and Calvert, is harshly critical of climate change disclosures at most top-tier companies.