In brief

The Exponential Roadmap Initiative (ERI) is a collaborative climate initiative uniting companies that are innovators, disruptors and transformers to drive exponential action to halve emissions by 2030. The initiative is an accredited partner of the Race to Zero, led by the High-Level Climate Champions.

We support leading companies to take radical climate action across five pillars: 1) cut operational emissions; 2) decarbonise value chains; 3) build and scale solutions; 4) mobilise and finance investments; and 5) shape policy and narrative. Our Climate Performance Review (CPR) assesses whether a company meets our criteria for membership.  It is also a valuable tool, allowing companies to identify key gaps and opportunities. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that do not qualify as climate solutions companies can commit to halving emissions by 2030 via the SME Climate Hub, which offers free tools and resources tailored for these enterprises.

Our members and partners

We work with our members, eg the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders, to transform business models and develop and share best practices. We provide open-source tools and resources that are regularly updated to reflect evolving best practice. And we influence standards and frameworks with the aim to advance integrity and to provide thought leadership for credible corporate climate action.

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Meet the team

Johan Falk

Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder and Chairman

Exponential evangelist and entrepreneur with a climate, nature & people mission and track record from building exponential businesses at leading ICT companies and scale-ups.

Owen Gaffney

Chief Science Officer and Co-founder

Strategist, writer, producer and analyst who focuses on the future of people and planet.

Louise Rehbinder

Chief Operation Officer

Strategist from the telco sector with a systematic mindset and experience in corporate and value chain climate action.

Katarina Wangler Björk

Chief Impact Officer

A leader in climate and sustainability, business innovation, and policy and strategic transformation.

Claire Wigg

Chief Climate Performance Officer

Expert in corporate climate action accountability, net zero standards and frameworks. Relishes detailed technical discussions for uncovering new insights and ways forward.

Michelle Silva Vásquez

Project Manager

Sustainability professional experienced in data analysis with a business and environmental background.

Blaze Horn

Project Manager

Multidisciplinary thinker who focuses on advancing the sustainability agenda within business.

Mats Risberg

Mats Risberg

Director of Business Development

Business developer specialised in climate solutions. Strategist at the intersection of climate and business. Community builder for systems transformation.

 

Erika Roselea

Climate Performance Manager

Nature loving person with a background in financial auditing and climate strategies.

Stanislav Demyanenko

Stanislav Demyanenko

Climate Performance Analyst

Sustainability specialist with a background in environmental research, business and data analytics.

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Myvizhi Praveen Kumar

Data Analyst

Love to crunch numbers and unveil insights through Visualization and Python Scripting that drive action.

Jenny Wang

Digital Communication Specialist

Communication specialist leveraging the power of narrative to drive sustainable change and empower communities.

Exponential founders

Johan Falk

CEO and Co-founder

Strategist and entrepreneur with experience in strategy and business development from Intel and Ericsson.

Owen Gaffney

CSO and Co-founder

Strategist, writer, producer and analyst who focuses on the future of people and planet.

Johan Rockström

Johan Rockström

Co-chair

Internationally recognized Earth resilience and sustainability scientist, Professor of Earth System Science and Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

Exponential fellows

Pernilla Bergmark

Pernilla Bergmark

Research Fellow

Kaya Axelsson

Kaya Axelsson

Research Fellow

Brita Staal

Planetary Boundaries Policy Fellow

Nexhi Deti

Research and Transformation Fellow

Magnus Jiborn

Climate Policy Fellow

Daniel Gillblad

Daniel Gillblad

AI Expert Fellow

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Dr. Alexander Schmidt

Research and Policy Fellow

Katarina Kahlmann

Katarina Kahlmann

Fellow

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Catharina Belfrage Sahlstrand

Fellow

Annachiara Torciano

Business Transformation Fellow

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Our story

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2024
Climate solutions
Because scaling climate solutions enables us to shift away from the fossil economy, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative together with Oxford Net Zero launches a Climate Solutions Framework to incentivise companies to develop portfolios that move towards climate solutions. The framework builds on an earlier discussion paper and incorporates feedback from a consultation.
2023
Climate transition plans for business transformation
Heeding the call from the UN Secretary-General, Exponential Roadmap Initiative supported 10 companies in developing climate transition plans aligned with the recommendations of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) for net zero commitments. Building on this work, in 2024, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative launched guidance on climate transition plans, empowering companies to turn long-term transformational targets into a step-by-step roadmap for creating sustainable change.
2022
Action Guides
Exponential Roadmap Initiative develops Action Guides to support companies in implementing the actions recommended in the 1.5°C Business Playbook. Starting with the Supplier Action Guide, the guides’library come to include the Transportation Action Guide, the Circular Action Guide, the Greening Cash Action Guide and the Business Associations Climate Action Guide. The 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide is a collaborative online platform launched in 2024 by the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders; it is hosted by BSR.
2020
Climate Performance Review
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative launches its enhanced and more stringent Climate Performance Review to ensure member companies’ actions are aligned with the Race to Zero criteria 3.0.
2020
1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders
Exponential Roadmap Initiative together with Ericsson, IKEA, Telia Company, BT Group and Unilever and supported by the We Mean Business Coalition and the International Chamber of Commerce launches the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders, a group of leading companies working together to drive climate action throughout global supply chains and SMEs through the SME Climate Hub.
2020
Partner in the Raco to Zero
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative becomes an accredited partner of the Race to Zero campaign, which is led by the High-Level Climate Champions and the world’s largest coalition of non-state actors taking immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030. Businesses can now join the Race to Zero by becoming members of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative.
2020
SME Climate Hub
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the We Mean Business Coalition (WMB), supported by their software partner, Normative, launch the SME Climate Hub, which enables small and medium-sized companies to understand their emissions, make a commitment aligned with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions’ Race to Zero, take action and report their progress on climate action.
2020
1.5°C Business Playbook
The 1.5°C Business Playbook makes the insights of the Exponential Roadmap report actionable for companies. Launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos by Johan Rockström and Christiana Figueres, the Playbook helps companies and organisations of all sizes set a 1.5°C-aligned strategy and begin to act.
2019
Exponential Roadmap 1.5
In 2019, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative under the leadership of Johan Falk and Owen Gaffney produces a substantial iteration of the Exponential Roadmap, Exponential Roadmap 1.5.
2018
Exponential Roadmap report
The first Exponential Roadmap, lead-authored by Johan Falk and Owen Gaffney, was launched at the Global Climate Action Summit by leading climate scientist Johan Rockström and Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is the first global roadmap highlighting that there are solutions which can halve emissions by 2030 and that they need to be scaled exponentially via four forces: climate leadership, strong policy, finance and technology.
2017
The Carbon Law
The Carbon Law is a global roadmap based on a simple heuristic of halving global carbon dioxide emissions every decade, with the first halving between 2020 and 2030, to lead to net zero emissions by 2050. The Carbon Law was set out in a Science Magazine article written by Johan Rockström and Owen Gaffney et al.

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