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Opinion: Why companies need to put profitability at the centre of transition planning
Johan Falk and Annachiara Torciano write in FT Sustainable Views about why companies must prioritize profitability in their transition planning to effectively integrate net-zero targets into the core of their business strategy.
COP29: Leveraging business, policy and finance to reach positive tipping points ahead of COP30
As 2024 draws to a close, only five years remain to halve emissions and prevent catastrophic global warming. At this COP29 session, Johan Rockström did the math: “That’s a 7.5% reduction per year to have any chance of staying within the 1.5°C temperature limit.”
COP29: Driving the Exponential Race to the Top
Learn from this COP29 session how the race to the top can transform the green transition from burden-sharing to seizing opportunities, making it both profitable and a business advantage.
COP29: Exponentially scaling solutions to phase out fossil fuels
At COP29, leading sustainability experts gather to address the urgent need for exponentially scaling climate solutions to shift out the fossil fuel economy. Hosted by We Don’t Have Time and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, the discussion explores innovative strategies, collaborative efforts and crucial investments required to drive systemic change.
COP29: Exponential transition plans for net zero business
With the window to limit warming to 1.5°C rapidly closing, exponential transition plans represent a vital mechanism to steer businesses—and by extension, economies—toward a sustainable, net zero future. The urgency to transform global business practices was a dominant theme at COP29, as discussions moved from commitments to actionable strategies for achieving net zero goals.
TechArena ZERO 2024: Scale Solutions Exponentially and Buy More Time
Eco-anxiety - this term was first coined in the early 2000s and gained traction a decade later to describe an emotional response to the climate and biodiversity crises. With the COVID-19 pandemic, growing political division, the war in Ukraine, and the genocide in...
Climate Week NYC: Enabling professional services to evaluate their portfolio
The professional services sector stands at a pivotal intersection of opportunity and responsibility as the global call for net zero emissions intensifies. At Solutions House NYC 2024, leaders and experts in the field gathered to explore the vital role that consultancy and professional services can play in accelerating the shift towards a sustainable, net zero future.
Climate Week NYC: Transition plans and net zero operating space for business
In this session from Climate Week NYC, leading panelists explore the critical role of detailed transition plans in helping businesses navigate the path to net zero emissions, focusing on sustainable strategies, risk management and aligning corporate operations with climate goals.
Climate Week NYC: Putting climate solutions on the agenda
Defining climate solutions is critical to enabling meaningful climate action across industries, financial institutions and societies globally. The Climate Solutions Framework was developed to guide financial institutions and corporations in making informed decisions that lead to significant emissions reductions while avoiding greenwashing.
Business innovations taking the Exponential Solutions stage at TechArena Zero 2024
Learn about carbon-negative plastics, micro-investments in solar panels, an app to reduce companies’ mobility emissions, and graphene infused ultra-strong materials.
Climate Week NYC: Scaling up carbon removals from today towards net zero
Exponential roadmap Initiative and Rethinking Removals present their joint work on carbon removals to achieve net zero.
Climate Week NYC: Practical examples to reinvent your value chain
Exponential Roadmap Initiative and member companies highlight the importance of a value chain approach in driving the green transition.
Climate Week NYC: Exponential Race to the Top
Exponential Roadmap Initiative and member companies highlight the importance of a value chain approach in driving the green transition.
Handelsbanken: First bank to join the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
The Swedish bank Handelsbanken is the first to join the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, aiming to halve global emissions by 2030 through innovative climate solutions. As part of its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2040, the bank will use the initiative’s Climate Solutions Framework to scale up investments in climate-positive projects.
Offering climate solutions products: Oatly joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Alternative milk company Oatly has joined the Exponential Roadmap Initiative (ERI) as the first company whose products qualify as climate solutions under the Climate Solutions Framework developed by ERI and Oxford Net Zero.
New tool enables professional services providers to assess client and project portfolios against climate criteria, align with climate ambition
A new robust yet simple matrix developed by Exponential Roadmap Initiative, with key contributors AFRY and Futerra, enables professional services providers to assess how their clients and projects align with climate ambition.
Proposal to integrate carbon removals into corporate climate action launched at Climate Week NYC
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative, together with Rethinking Removals and Oxford Net Zero, has launched a proposal for companies to integrate carbon dioxide removals into their climate action.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative kicks off work to accelerate carbon removals
Carbon dioxide removal is required to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But removals have to accelerate rapidly. That’s why Exponential Roadmap Initiative has started work aimed at incentivising companies to finance removals in addition to reducing emissions – and eventually get rewarded for it through a global standard.
Climate reporting standards are insufficient: New paper by Oxford Net Zero, Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Current climate reporting standards are not incentivising the big picture innovations necessary to deliver net zero, and must be expanded to include a company’s broader influence on climate action, says a new paper from experts at Oxford Net Zero and Exponential Roadmap Initiative.
SME Climate Hub launches Nordics campaign to mobilise SMEs in the region
The SME Climate Hub launches its Nordics campaign, an initiative designed to mobilize small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the Nordic countries to take decisive climate action.
Global coalition launches at London Climate Action Week to boost national climate plans ahead of critical UN deadline
A coalition of real economy leaders called “Mission 2025” – representing Mayors, Governors, CEOs, investors and citizens – launched on Monday, 24 June, during London Climate Action Week, urging governments to align their upcoming national climate plans with the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
New guide highlights actions companies can take to assess and align membership in business associations with climate ambition
A new guide now presents concrete actions that companies can take to assess and align membership in business associations with the 1.5℃ climate ambition.
Financing climate solutions: challenges and opportunities
How can public and private finance come together to fund the production of climate solutions in both developed and developing countries? Experts from companies, investors and governments offer examples and answers to this question.
Building value chains for the net zero world
Net zero value chains emit next to zero GHG emissions, operating in a circular, renewable, regenerative and waste-free manner. At the recent UNFCCC climate change conference (SB60) in Bonn, Germany, CEO of Vargas Holding, Carl-Erik Lagerkrantz and CEO of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Johan Falk discussed advancing net zero value chains.
Accelerating the energy and materials transformation through the value chain
Companies highlighted why and how they are driving the energy and materials transformation through the value chain at a broadcast session during the UN’s Bonn Climate Change Conference in June.
Of exponential change, climate solutions and business opportunities in the transformation: Q&A with Johan Falk
Speaking with We Don’t Have Time’s Caterina Rolfsdotter-Jansson at the UN Climate Meetings SB60 held in June in Bonn, Germany, CEO and Co-founder of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Johan Falk presented how the initiative works with companies to integrate climate into their strategies.
Public-private collaboration for more ambitious national climate action
Collaboration between companies and national governments can help increase the ambition level of national climate action plans.
Cities, regions and countries leading the way in the green transformation
In the global fight against climate change, local governments are key to implementing innovative solutions to lower emissions and create sustainable, liveable cities.
“Exponential scaling of clean solutions give us better outcomes”: a conversation with Johan Rockström and Johan Falk
Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam, Johan Rockström and CEO and Co-founder of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Johan Falk discuss why maximum ambition, acceleration and action are essential for tackling climate change.
Speedy Hire joins global ESG leaders as part of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Speedy Hire Plc, the UK’s leading construction equipment hire and specialist service provider, has been accepted into the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, which is driving exponential transformation to halve carbon emissions by 2030 through uniting innovative, transformative and disruptive companies.
Neste partners with the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Neste and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative (ERI) have started collaboration aiming to align with the criteria of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion’s Race to Zero. ERI will support Neste with advice on identifying and closing key gaps for meeting the criteria for becoming a member in ERI and the Race to Zero.
Will AI help or harm the planet?
In a comment in the journal Nature, Exponential Roadmap Initiative Co-founder Owen Gaffney together with tech experts from Microsoft and scientists says what’s needed are rapidly developed climate scenarios that explore the impact of AI on the economy and emissions.
Apple joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Apple joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative. The collaboration will support Apple on its journey to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030 and 90% by 2050, and in scaling climate solutions exponentially.
New guide details seven key actions to drive a circular transformation
The new Circular Action Guide offers practical steps for companies to analyse their value chain, product portfolio and business model in order to scale circular climate solutions and fully integrate circularity into their strategic business functions.
Transition plans as a driver for business transformation towards climate solutions: Exponential Roadmap Initiative’s message at COP28
At COP28, Exponential Roadmap Initiative focused its contributions on how transition plans can enable business transformation towards climate solutions – and how climate solutions can be defined.
COP28: Countries agree to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, business key to showing that a rapid phase out is achievable
Exponential Roadmap Initiative stresses the key role of business in driving the fossil fuel phase out as observers largely agree the deal struck at COP28 marks the beginning of the end of the fossil era.
COP28: The role of companies in triggering financial system transformation
At COP28, business and banking representatives discussed what can drive the transformation of the financial system and what role companies can play.
Defining and qualifying climate solutions: new discussion paper out
A discussion paper by Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Oxford Net Zero presents principles and criteria to define and qualify climate solutions and climate solutions companies.
Nordea bank encourages customers to commit to net zero through the SME Climate Hub
Nordea bank is collaborating with the SME Climate Hub and nudging small and medium-sized corporate customers to commit and report via the Hub, piloting the Net-Zero Commitment Loan in Sweden and Denmark with favourable terms for companies that do so. The SME Climate...
Exponential Roadmap Initiative at COP28
Exponential Roadmap Initiative’s COP28 events focus on bringing together experts in science and business to advance companies’ transition towards delivering climate solutions.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative backs business campaign to phase out fossil fuels
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative backs a campaign launched by the We Mean Business Coalition to mobilise business voices for an agreement to phase out fossil fuels at the upcoming UN climate change conference, COP28.
Informing the development of the UNFCCC’s Net Zero Recognition and Accountability Framework
Exponential Roadmap Initiative submitted views to an independent consultation led by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to identify barriers that slow progress and limit ambitions on the net zero pledges made by companies, cities and regions and financial institutions.
Oxford Net Zero and Exponential Roadmap Initiative team up to develop and scale guidelines and methods for robust corporate climate action
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Oxford Net Zero will collaborate to develop and scale leading standards, guidelines, and methods for companies, non-state actors, and policymakers, as well as advocating for net zero regulation and policy.
Doconomy joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Doconomy, the market leader in providing individuals with efficient tools for measuring environmental impact through their banks, joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative’s commitment to solving the climate crisis recognised at UN Climate Ambition Summit
Johan Falk, CEO and co-founder of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, participated in the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit on 20 September, in recognition of his and the initiative’s commitment to solving the climate crisis.
A.I. for clean energy: White Paper launched to accelerate project pipeline development globally
The authors propose to use artificial intelligence tools to support the scale-out of clean energy infrastructure globally and achieve tripling of renewable energies by 2030.
1.5°C Business Playbook version 3.0 launched
Exponential Roadmap Initiative launched an updated version of the 1.5° Business Playbook, building on the established four-pillar-climate strategy.
H2 Green Steel first manufacturing company to join Exponential Roadmap Initiative as Climate Solutions Company
By recognising H2 Green Steel as a Climate Solutions Company, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, a partner of the UN-backed Race to Zero, validates the Swedish industrial start-up’s plan to deliver significant emissions reductions compared with traditional steel manufacturing.
Energy Edge accelerator program launched by Accenture Sweden, Microsoft Sweden and Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Accelerating and scaling digital and disruptive energy innovations lies at the heart of a new project from Accenture Sweden, Microsoft Sweden and Exponential Roadmap Initiative.
Tele2 joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative
The telecommunications company Tele2 has joined the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, stressing the value of science-based collaboration of companies to halve emissions by 2030.
Join us for Solutions House during Climate Week NYC
Solutions House gathers climate experts, entrepreneurs, storytellers and influencers, to accelerate exponential climate action – run by Futerra, Google and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative.
Greening Cash Action Guide helps companies take action to reduce emissions from their cash deposits
The Greening Cash Action Guide details actions companies can and should take action to measure and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from how banks manage their cash.
AI – and a start-up mindset – can fast-track clean energy projects
A new global platform harnessing AI could quickly identify clean energy projects worth $2 trillion. Owen Gaffney, Johan Falk and Aaron Vaden-Youmans make the case in Context news.
Houdini’s commitment to fighting the plastic pollution
With this year’s World Environment Day themed “Solutions to plastic pollution”, we examine the Exponential Roadmap Initiative members putting circularity at the heart of their climate strategies.
World Environment Day: How Ragn-Sells embraces circularity
On World Environment Day, Exponential Roadmap Initiative member Ragn-Sells joins the global call for solutions to plastic pollution. With a focus on circular practices, Ragn-Sells is dedicated to tackling this environmental challenge and working towards a sustainable future.
Swedish marketing and communication agencies launch initiative to improve climate and sustainability communication
Around 20 Swedish companies, organisations and bureaus launched today an initiative aiming to further accurate and credible marketing and communication on climate and sustainability, with science-based guidance from Exponential Roadmap Initiative.
“We need to start believing in the exponential growth that is happening”
Former COP26 High-Level Climate Action Champion Nigel Topping told sustainability professionals that they need to embrace exponential growth and grasp at new and emerging climate solutions, or risk suffering in their markets, at an event marking edie’s Business Leadership Month.
Comment: On Earth Day, we need to get behind the green technologies with the greatest momentum
The answer to putting our planet on a better track lies in reinforcing feedback loops, argue Exponential Roadmap Initiative Co-founders Owen Gaffney and Johan Falk in a comment for Reuters Events Sustainable Business for Earth Day.
Watch Exponential Solutions Day at Stockholm Climate Week
Ahead of Earth Day, on April 20, Exponential Solutions Day of Stockholm Climate Week brings together leaders in business, policy and science to create momentum for scaling the climate solutions that are here now and affordable and that can transform the way we live, work, and thrive in a sustainable world.
Swedish Space Corporation joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative (ERI) welcomes the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) as a new member. By joining, SSC will strategically work to halve the company’s own carbon emissions throughout the whole value chain.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative Co-chair Johan Rockström picked by Time magazine
Johan Rockström, Co-chair of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, is among the 100 most influential people of 2023, selected by Time magazine.
Register for Exponential Solutions Day at Stockholm Climate Week
Register now for Stockholm Climate Week and join us on 20 April for Exponential Solutions Day to discuss the solutions that are available now and affordable to halve emissions by 2030.
Comment: The good news from the IPCC report
The latest climate report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was full of bad news. And yet there was also some good news in it.
Small Business Climate Action: Barriers & Bridges
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of communities and economies around the world. They make up 90% of business globally, employ 70% of the world’s workforce and contribute over 50% of global GDP. However, despite their collective impact, small...
Accelerating net zero action by activating policy
Reaching net zero by 2050 requires emissions to be halved by 2030. Throughout COP27, non-State actors in the Race to Zero – from businesses, cities, regions, financial institutions, education and healthcare institutions – showcased how they are contributing to...
Exponential Solutions at COP27
To successfully halve emissions by 2030 we must exponentially scale climate solutions, shifting out the fossil economy. This video summarizes some of the many important actions and actors from Exponential Roadmap Initiative, We Don’t Have Time and Ericsson’s sessions on climate solutions at COP27.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative at COP27
In these sessions, hosted by Exponential Roadmap Initiative, We Don't Have Time and the UN Backed Race to Zero campaign, we explored how we can exponentially scale climate solutions through policies and initiatives such as the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign and the...
Guiding principles for corporate climate leadership on the role of natural climate solutions
It is becoming clear that we can only achieve the goals to halve global emissions and reach net zero land use if companies urgently scale up their investments in nature based solutions both within and beyond their value chains. This is what will make them corporate climate leaders.
500 business leaders and scientists say “We Can Do It”
“We Can Do It” is an international call to action to channel the spirit of inspiration, determination, and optimism of the now famous Second World War campaign. We Can Do It has already been signed by more than 500 prominent business leaders, scientists, investors,...
Transforming supply chains to halve emissions by 2030
The science is clear on three things. First, globally, greenhouse gas emissions need to halve by 2030 to reach net zero by 2050. Second, this remains just about an achievable goal. And finally, the world is way off track.
“There is no other plan at this scale”: the most important story at COP27
Will we get a disruptive moment at COP27? Will we get a moment that unlocks trillions of dollars for exponential action? My money is on Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados. She has come to Sharm el-Sheikh armed with a plan to reform the World Bank and the...
Exponential Solutions (in the Race to Zero)
Emissions need to halve by 2030. We can succeed if we focus on the scale-up of climate solutions exponentially, shifting out the fossil economy. We need a laser focus on how to scale the climate solutions 5X faster than today in all sectors, including energy, food...
All in for 1.5°C
The science remains unchanged: 1.5°C is a limit not a target. Thousands of companies, investors, regions and more are now taking science based climate action. Now we need unprecedented action and collaboration across public and private sectors to deliver. We are all...
COP27 session: IKEA’s 4 Climate Pillar strategy
COP27 session: Pär Stenmark, Chief Sustainability Officer, Inter IKEA Group, highlights their 4 Climate Pillar strategy to reduce IKEA's emissions and the emissions they influence. Live from the We Don't Have Time's COP27 Hub at the Nature Positive Pavilion, as part...
COP27 session: Reaching net zero through the value chain
In this COP27 Session: Hosted at the Business Sweden Pavilion, this session highlights how Normative, BT Group and Ericsson are taking action across the 4 Climate Pillars of the 1.5°C Business Playbook to cut their emissions and the emissions they influence. ...
Exponential Solutions: Energy
The energy transformation is the single most significant investment opportunity of our generation. COP27 is a moment to connect investors to scalable solutions in wind, solar, storage, hydrogen and digitalisation. The energy transition must be just and equitable for...
Exponential Solutions: Food & Land
As outlined in the recently published Exponential Roadmap for Natural Climate Solutions, greenhouse gas emissions from food & land need to reach net zero by 2030, and we must end deforestation by 2025. This is a huge opportunity for businesses to drive the most...
#WeCanDoIt
Dear changemakers and leaders everywhere. We can do it! We, the undersigned, are the impatient optimists among business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, disruptors, innovators, scientists, influencers and policymakers worldwide. Join this climate call to action...
Exponential Climate Action Summit VII – Science & Solutions
How can business and society contribute to increased resilience, adaptation and mitigation? Join us as we explore nature-based solutions and carbon capture, decarbonization of industries and how digitalization and finance act as enablers. Speakers include: Prof. Dr....
Exponential Roadmap Initiative at COP27
Emissions need to halve by 2030. We can succeed if we focus on exponentially scaling climate solutions in energy, transport, food and nature, shifting away from the fossil economy. At COP27, we are partnering up with We Don't Have Time and the UN Backed Race to Zero...
As global climate summit starts, Telia urges its suppliers to align with science
As world leaders gather for the global climate summit (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh to agree on the next steps to scale climate action, Telia Company encourages its suppliers to set targets matching an ambition level that is congruent with science. A call to action was...
Icebug: Climate strategy in four pillars
Icebug’s impact report highlights how they are taking action across the 4 Climate Pillars and contribute to exponential climate action as members of Exponential Roadmap Initiative and United Nations’ Race to Zero.
Solutions House at Climate Week New York: Reinventing supply chains to halve emissions by 2030
For many companies, most emissions are locked in their supply chains. These emissions are difficult to reach and even more difficult to control. Watch our broadcast from Solutions House at Climate Week NYC to hear how companies such as Ericsson, Polestar, Apple and...
Solutions House at Climate Week New York: Launch of 1.5°C Business Playbook 2.0
The first 1.5°C Business Playbook was a hit and is supported by companies with a combined revenue of over 900 billion dollars. Watch our launch event from Solutions House at Climate Week NYC to hear how climate leaders like Ericsson, Netflix, IKEA and Ørsted apply the...
Solutions House at Climate Week New York: Natural Climate Solutions
This session on Natural Climate Solutions, some of the world’s leading experts presented the latest research on climate solutions from land, forest, agriculture, peat and wetland. They will introduce a new report, the Exponential Roadmap for Natural Climate Solutions....
Profits up, Carbon down! Amidst rising inflation, U.S. small businesses can cut costs and boost profits by joining climate action hub
The SME Climate Hub today launched a major drive to help leaders of the 30 million small businesses in the United States decarbonize. As small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) face soaring inflation and energy prices, the SME Climate Hub provides free resources to cut costs and increase profits through taking climate action to reduce carbon emissions.
Taking stock of progress
The UN-backed #RacetoZero has doubled since this time last year and grown tenfold since June 2020, with members around the world taking action to slash emissions and build resilience. Today, the two major UN-backed global climate campaigns Race to Zero and Race to Resilience launches a first annual joint progress report to reflect on the progress made. Exponential Roadmap Initiative is highlighted as one unique initiative within the campaign, together with two of our leading members: Google and Ericsson.
Normative: Supporting businesses on their path to net zero
Normative, helps businesses reach net zero emissions. As the world’s first carbon accounting engine, Normative enables businesses to accurately and comprehensively measure their carbon footprints. Working from these measurements, Normative recommends tailored reduction actions and climate investments to bring businesses to true net zero.
BT Group – Influencing Climate Action in Society
As members of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, BT Group supports the 1.5°C Business Playbook- a guideline for exponential climate action- and are taking action across the 4 Climate Pillars of the Playbook. This year, we spoke to BT Group about the fourth climate pillar- how the company is influencing climate action in society.
Unilever’s journey towards net zero value chain emissions by 2039
As a member of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Unilever supports the 1.5°C Business Playbook – a guideline for exponential climate action – and is taking action across the 4 Climate Pillars of the Playbook. We spoke to Unilever in September 2022 to hear about their journey to net zero value chain emissions by 2039.
Today, Futerra became the first agency officially named a ‘Climate Solutions Provider’ under the UN-backed Race to Zero climate campaign.
Announced by the Race to Zero partner Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Futerra is the first agency named as a ‘Climate Solutions Provider’. Futerra fulfils Exponential Roadmap Initiative criteria of at least 90% of revenue coming from projects aligned with the 1.5°C...
For companies with a mission to change the world
The 1.5°C Business Playbook is a guideline for exponential climate action. Supported and used by some of the most influential and innovative companies in the world with a combined yearly revenue of 900 billion dollars. Read the new version and see how leading companies are applying the 4 Climate Pillars in their strategies: exponentialbusiness.org
The Exponential Roadmap for natural climate solutions
Grounded in the latest climate science, the roadmap outlines a path to reach net zero emissions from the land sector by 2030 through natural climate solutions. Produced by Conservation International together with Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, WWF and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, the roadmap establishes a new “Carbon Law for Nature” – a benchmark for emissions from the land sector each year.
Ericsson: Digitalization as a driver in the Race to Zero
Through decades of life cycle assessments and research on the impact of the ICT sector, we understand what digitalization and technology can do to reach Net Zero and positively transform society. According to Ericsson’s peer-reviewed research, ICT solutions have the potential of enabling 15% emission reductions across industries by 2030, while being responsible for only 1.4% of the global carbon footprint.
Houdini: A holistic formula in the Race to Zero (and beyond)
Houdini’s vision since 2001 has been, maximum experience, zero impact and beyond. It is what we are working towards with uncompromising commitment and speed since 2001. We apply a holistic formula in the Race to Zero (and beyond), taking action across the 4 Climate Pillars of the 1.5°C Business Playbook.
Ørsted: Transforming your business model in line with 1.5°C
At Ørsted, we believe that business has a central role to play in efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C and avoid climate breakdown. Since the late 2000s, we have therefore taken a holistic approach to climate action, working across the 4 Climate Pillars outlined in the 1.5°C Business Playbook.
Icebug: Using business to drive change beyond your own scope
Our vision is to be a change maker for a society where people can thrive on a planet in balance. We accept that there are planetary boundaries, and we strive to thrive within them. Being part of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the Race To Zero Campaign boosts our climate strategy. Not least, the 4 Climate Pillars of the 1.5°C Business Playbook is a valuable framework for our sustainability work.
Land sector can – and must – reach net zero emissions by 2030. Where, what and how food is grown is critical
Land sector can - and must - reach net zero emissions by 2030. Where, what and how food is grown is critical
Exponential Climate Action at Climate Week NYC
This NYC Climate Week, you are invited to Solutions House. Leaders, experts, entrepreneurs, youth activists, storytellers, innovators and influencers will gather with one objective: drive exponential solutions. Solutions House is dedicated to exponential climate...
Futerra, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Google to host ‘Solutions House’ this Climate Week NYC
The motto of Solutions House is ‘answers only’, a space at Climate Week dedicated to the boldest climate solutions. The co-convenors – Futerra, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Google – are gathering leaders, experts, entrepreneurs, youth activists,...
Exponential Roadmap Initiative at Stockholm+50
Watch the 3 minute video from the Exponential Race to Zero events, with over 31 million viewers from more than 160 countries. Hosted by We Don’t Have Time, Exponential Roadmap Initiative, United Nations’ Race to Zero and We Mean Business Coalition, the events...
227 Swedish companies urge politicians to speed up the climate transition
More than 220 companies in Sweden – together accounting for almost one-fifth of the country’s GDP – have undersigned an opinion piece urging Swedish politicians to focus on the great business opportunities of the climate transition instead of treating it as mainly a...
Ørsted joins the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Ørsted announced today that it has joined forces with a growing group of global corporations that are driving climate action throughout global supply chains in line with science-based emissions reduction targets. The group currently includes Ericsson, IKEA, Telia, BT...
Stockholm+50: Exponential Race to Zero
Within the Stockholm+50 Climate Hub, the Exponential Race to Zero events had over 31 million viewers on Twitter from more than 160 countries, with more than 1000 delegates in physical attendance. Hosted by We Don’t Have Time, Exponential Roadmap Initiative, United...
Exponential climate action needed at Stockholm +50
As decision makers and business leaders meet for Stockholm+50, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative will shine a light on the game-changers in energy efficiency, green energy, travel & transport, plant-based food, regenerative agriculture, protecting & restoring...
How Big Businesses Can Help Their Suppliers Cut Emissions
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: To reach the global climate goal of halving emissions by 2030, we can’t leave behind small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). But helping them will require collaboration and support from the large corporations that are often SME’s most...
Knowit: Taking action and reporting across the 4 Climate Pillars
Knowit’s role is growing in importance from a sustainability perspective. Through the merger with Cybercom, first to apply a disclosure model based on the 1.5°C Business Playbook's 4 Climate Pillars in 2021, the work continues.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative welcomes Netflix
Exponential Roadmap Initiative welcomes Netflix, joining forces with innovative, transformative and disruptive companies taking exponential climate action aligned with the 1.5°C ambition, in line with latest science. "Our Netflix Sustainability program endeavors to...
Launching AFRY’s 1.5°C Roadmap
AFRY have developed the AFRY 1.5°C Roadmap to support and guide the company towards delivering on climate commitments, and to be transparent about their climate action. Their climate commitments are in support of limiting global warming to 1.5°C and cover how they run...
There’s value in calculating your carbon footprint
INC: Slashing emissions rates will help Mother Earth, but businesses might also find some appealing incentives as they try to get greener.
Normative launches carbon calculator with support from Google.org to help SMEs cut emissions
SME Climate Hub: Normative has launched a carbon calculator, developed with support from Google.org and available for free through the SME Climate Hub. The calculator helps SMEs measure their emissions and identify emission hot spots, establishing a baseline towards...
Accessible to everyone’: SME Climate Hub launches free carbon calculator
BUSINESS GREEN: New Normative Business Carbon Calculator has been developed with support from Google.org and is available for free through the SME Climate Hub
Digitaliseringskonsulterna partner with Exponential Roadmap Initiative to halve Sweden’s emissions by 2030 through digitalization
The business association Digitaliseringskonsulterna brings together consultants with expertise in digitization, innovation, and change management with the aim of achieving rapid and large emission reductions throughout society. The association works towards increasing...
Advania Sweden steps up its exponential climate action and joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Race to Zero
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative targets innovators, transformers, and disruptive organizations acting in line with 1.5°C, intending to halve emissions by 2030 through exponential climate action and solutions. Through its partnership with the Exponential Roadmap...
Advania Sweden steps up its exponential climate action and joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Race to Zero
Advania Sweden joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and teams up with other innovative, transformative, and disruptive organizations committed to halving emissions before 2030. These initiatives go beyond reducing carbon emissions in the companies' own emissions...
SME Climate Hub launches tools to help small businesses deliver on climate goals
SME Climate Hub: An initiative aimed at providing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) the resources they need to act on climate change has recently launched a new series of tools to help SMEs more effectively measure and report on their emissions.
Digitaliseringskonsulterna joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Digitaliseringskonsulterna: The business association Digitaliseringskonsulterna brings together consultants with expertise in digitization, innovation, and change management with the aim of achieving rapid and large emission reductions throughout society. The...
Online financial support guide for small business emissions reduction launches on SME Climate Hub
The SME Climate Hub has launched the first of its resources, which improve access to financial support for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) working to reduce their carbon emissions. The initiative has been developed by Business for Social Responsibility...
We still have time to fix this
"The difficult lies not so much in developing new ideas as escaping from old ones." John Maynard Keynes Leaders of the world’s largest economies, the G20, meet in Rome this week just days before the UN’s climate summit in Glasgow. This is the very last moment to raise...
Unilever and the race to halve emissions by 2030
Unilever PLC is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in London, England. The Exponential Roadmap Initiative spoke to UK headquartered multinational consumer goods company Unilever to find out about the actions they are taking to help halve...
Scania and the race to halve emissions by 2030
Scania AB is a major Swedish manufacturer headquartered in Södertälje, focusing on commercial vehicles—specifically heavy lorries, trucks and buses.The Exponential Roadmap Initiative spoke to Scania to find out more about their race to halving emissions by 2030.
BT and the race to halve emissions by 2030
BT Group plc (trading as BT and formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England. The Exponential Roadmap Initiative spoke to BT to find out more about their race to halving emissions by 2030.
Deedster steps up exponential climate action-joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Race to Zero
Deedster joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, joining forces with innovative, transformative, and disruptive businesses committed to halving emissions before 2030 towards net zero, and who go further than decarbonisation of their own and value chain emissions,...
SMEs equipped to join race to net zero with dedicated climate disclosure framework
CDP today launches a new climate disclosure framework, in collaboration with the SME Climate Hub, and created in partnership with the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Normative, to empower small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to make strategic and impactful...
BT and Unilever among business giants supporting other firms to halve supplier emissions
A new collaborative platform for businesses striving to cut emissions sharply across their supply chains has been launched by a string of big businesses including BT, Unilever and IKEA. The new 1.5C supplier engagement guide has been released to coincide with COP26 in...
The SME Climate Hub launches new suite of tools, enables small business climate action
SME Climate Hub: The tools created in partnership with Normative, BSR, CISL and CDP help small and medium sized businesses educate themselves on climate action, and measure and report on their emissions.
A Guide to the SME Climate Hub educational, measurement and reporting tools
Small and medium sized businesses committed to the SME Climate Hub can access an increasing number of tools and resources to begin their climate action journey and move towards net zero.
New collaborative platform to engage with suppliers to halve GHG emissions before 2030
COP26, Glasgow: Today we launch the 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide, a collaborative platform to engage with suppliers to halve GHG emissions before 2030, by the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders, an initiative hosted by the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, founded together...
Exponential Roadmap Initiative At COP26
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative are present at COP26 to accelerate climate action exponentially together with members and partners. By showing that it is possible to rapidly cut emissions, and that a shift to climate solutions creates competitive advantage for...
Innovators, transformers & disruptors
Innovators, transformers & disruptors
Kivra joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and UN Race to Zero
KIVRA: Kivra accelerates climate action and joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and UN Race to Zero. Kivra commits to driving the transition towards radically reduce emissions alongside other disruptive companies such as Google, Polestar and Spotify.
The SME Climate Hub debuts in Spanish, increasing accessibility to net zero emissions reductions
SME CLIMATE HUB: The initiative launched in collaboration with the local government and multinational, Spain-based businesses including Iberdrola, Telefónica and BBVA
Knowit steps up its sustainability efforts further – partners with the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and joins Race to Zero
KNOWIT: Knowit AB (publ) is taking the next step in its long-term sustainability efforts, becoming a supporting partner to the Exponential Roadmap Initiative. Through the partnership, Knowit will also join the UN’s global climate campaign Race to Zero. The partnership...
Spotify joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and UN Race To Zero
Spotify announced that they are joining the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, joining forces with other innovative, transformative, and disruptive businesses that will play a key role in accelerating climate solutions and exponential climate action to halve emissions by...
Investor joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and UN Race to Zero
INVESTOR: We sharpen our climate targets further and join the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero campaign ahead of COP26 through the Exponential Roadmap Initiative. The corporate sector plays a major role in supporting the transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy and...
Working with suppliers to beat the clock on climate change
UNILEVER: To achieve net zero emissions across our value chain by 2039, we’re inviting our suppliers to commit to our new Climate Promise. As a Partner of Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Unilever co-founded the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders initiative to support...
Innovators, transformers & disruptors
Leading innovative, transformative and disruptive companies like Microsoft, Mastercard, Semcon, Polestar, Google and Scan Global Logistics have joined the Exponential Roadmap Initiative over the last months. All are committed to halving emissions before 2030 in the...
Oracle joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and UN Race to Zero- to drive exponential climate action and solutions
Oracle announced that they are joining the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, with other innovative, transformative and disruptive businesses, that will play a key role in accelerating climate solutions and exponential climate action to halve emissions by 2030. In...
Circularity and the Race to Zero – Exponential Climate Action Summit III
WE DON'T HAVE TIME: On the 23rd of September we are hosting the third Exponential Climate Action Summit together with We Don't Have Time, Ragn Sells and Ericsson. The event will focus on the challenges, opportunities and creative solutions regarding circularity and...
Alfa Laval collaborates with Schneider Electric to analyze and improve the company’s energy performance
CISION: Alfa Laval is extending its global collaboration with Schneider Electric to digitize and analyze data to improve operational efficiency. The two companies will use near real-time energy consumption data across sites, countries and regions to identify and...
The 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders and Exponential Roadmap Initiative welcome Mastercard
The “1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders” and Exponential Roadmap Initiative welcome Mastercard to the fast growing group of global corporations driving climate action throughout global supply chains in line with science. The initiative already consists of global giants, like...
Scan Global Logistics is joining the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders
SCAN GLOBAL LOGISTICS (SGL) is announcing their support of the 1.5°C Business Playbook, joining the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, which brings together transformative and disruptive businesses, committed to halving emissions before 2030 towards net zero, integrating...
Humans ‘pushing Earth close to tipping point’, say most in G20
THE GUARDIAN: "Three-quarters of people in the world’s wealthiest nations believe humanity is pushing the planet towards a dangerous tipping point." Lead author of the report is Owen Gaffney, co-founder of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative.
Net zero’s big challenge for small business
GREEN BIZ: Net zero goals pose a unique set of challenges for small businesses. GreenBiz shares how the SME Climate Hub acts as a leading resource for SMEs to make a concrete climate commitment and take clear steps towards action.
3 rules for a zero carbon world
RACE TO ZERO: In his latest TED talk Nigel Topping, UN High Level Climate Action Champion FOR COP26, shares three rules of radical collaboration that he says could positively disrupt the patterns of the global economy and help humanity tackle the world's greatest...
Supplier tool for climate action
AXFOUNDATION: Axfoundation together with Exponential Roadmap Initiative and other partners, develops a digital educating tool to inspire and motivate suppliers in different sectors to set climate goals and start acting in line with the Paris agreement (Swedish).
Semcon accelerates its climate action agenda – commits to several initiatives and the 1.5 °C ambition.
SEMCON: Joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, the Science Based Targets initiative, the Race to Zero campaign and the UN Global Compact. These initiatives are all aligned with the ambition of the Paris Agreement to limit the global warming to 1.5 °C above...
Plotting a net-zero course: Polestar joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and UN Race to Zero
POLESTAR: The journey towards more sustainable mobility has forced us to get off the beaten track. Not only was the traffic terrible, but it wasn’t getting us to where we need to go. Now, we’re entering uncharted territory. To help us navigate in a rapidly...
Halving Emissions by 2030 is New Normal – Race To Zero Anniversary
UNFCCC: Over 4,500 non-state actors from across the global economy have committed to halving emissions by 2030, joining the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign. These actors from over 92 countries recognise the value and the imperative of racing to a zero-carbon economy...
One year on, rapid growth of Race to Zero shows that halving emissions by 2030 is the new normal
RACE TO ZERO: Over 4,500 non-state actors from across the global economy have committed to halving emissions by 2030, joining the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign. These actors from over 92 countries recognise the value and the imperative of racing to a zero carbon...
Google and Polestar step up exponential climate action – joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative and UN Race to Zero
On the first year anniversary of the United Nations’ Race to Zero campaign – Google and Polestar announce that they have joined the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the Race to Zero, the largest ever alliance committed to halving emissions before 2030 towards net zero emissions by no later than 2050.
IKEA launches a new program to accelerate suppliers’ transition to 100% renewable electricity
IKEA: Almost two thirds of the IKEA climate footprint is directly connected to the supply chain, including production at suppliers. Today, IKEA announces a program with the intention of securing 100% renewable electricity at direct suppliers – especially in markets...
Small businesses can lead climate change fight and emerge strong
THE TELEGRAPH: Small and medium sized enterprises are at the very heart of Britain’s efforts to build back greener from the pandemic.
Together For Our Planet Business Climate Leaders Campaign: The SME Climate Hub supports the UK government’s new campaign to encourage small businesses to go green
SME CLIMATE HUB: Small businesses are urged to commit to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030 and reach net zero emissions before 2050 — a milestone aimed at avoiding the worst effects of climate change while ensuring business viability.
1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders welcomes Microsoft
The 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders welcomes Microsoft to the fast growing group of multinational corporations committed to driving climate action throughout global supply chains in line with latest science.
‘Together we can move quicker’: Microsoft joins 1.5C Supply Chain Leaders group
BUSINESS GREEN: Tech giant joins multinationals such as IKEA, Ericsson, BT Group, Unilever and Nestle in push to encourage suppliers to embrace greener business practices.
Microsoft joins 1.5C Supply Chain Leaders group
SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITAL: Microsoft has today joined the 1.5C Supply Chain Leaders Group as its latest member alongside other major corporates such as Unilever, BT Group, IKEA, and Ericsson. The purpose of the alliance, launched in 2020, is to encourage small and...
Highlights- Exponential Climate Action Summit II
EXPONENTIAL ROADMAP INITIATIVE: On Earth Day we hosted the second Exponential Climate Action Summit- Financing the Race to Zero, together with We Don't Have Time and Ericsson. Watch highlights from Johan Falk, Johan Rockström, Nigel Topping and Mats Pellbäck Scharp,...
‘Breaking Boundaries’: The road to a cleaner, healthier and more peaceful world
NETFLIX: The science is clear on what humanity needs to do to break boundaries on the way to a cleaner, healthier and more peaceful world. There are three priorities: cut greenhouse gases to zero, protect the wetlands, soils, forests and oceans that absorb our...
Tech Mahindra joins the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders- Commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across value chain
TECH MAHINDRA: Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, today announced that it has joined forces with growing group of global corporations including Ericsson, IKEA, Telia Company, BT...
Cybercom’s sustainability report 2020, first to apply the 1.5°C Business Playbook pillars
CYBERCOM: Cybercom’s complete Sustainability Report for 2020 has been published on the company’s website cybercom.com/report. The sustainability report is the first of its kind to be produced with support from the Exponential Roadmap initiative to apply its 1.5°C...
All eyes on governments as Race to Zero picks up pace
RACE TO ZERO: On the eve of the US-hosted Leaders’ Summit on Climate, the business community is looking to governments to set ambitious national plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10 years that will accelerate the green recovery.
Top climate economist Lord Stern will say achieving net zero emissions by 2050 is the growth story of the 21st century
WE DONT HAVE TIME: Over the past three years increasing numbers of banks, asset managers and owners, finance ministers and investors have begun stepping up ambition driven by the urgency of halving by 2030 and reaching a net zero emission world by 2050, says Lord Stern.
Earth Day 2021 is set to galvanize climate action
UNFCCC: Earth Day, celebrated annually on 22 April, will again see more than 1 billion people participating in activities around the world to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis and environmental degradation and the need for immediate action. This...
4 ways for companies to take effective climate action
RACE TO ZERO: Nigel Topping, Börje Ekholm, Christiana Figueres: In order to help companies of any size take climate action, a group of industry and academic partners recently launched the 1.5°C Business Playbook. It is a framework for enterprises to identify value...
COP26: climate action and the role of policy, business and technology in 2021
ERICSSON: In the midst of a global pandemic, it’s hard to apprehend that society should be battling another crisis: climate change. In the lead up to COP26, find out how Ericsson is taking global action to tackle climate change together with We Don't Have Time and...
Prime Computer joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
PRIME COMPUTER: As a manufacturer of hardware for sustainable IT solutions, Prime Computer has joined the Exponential Roadmap Initiative as a partner.
Race to Zero builds momentum
RACE TO ZERO: Commitments pledged under the Race to Zero campaign now cover at least two thirds of the global economy, putting 2021 on a path to be the most impactful year for climate action ever.
We need 4 waves of climate action
DR.JONATHAN FOLEY: Every climate solution works differently, unfolding at different speeds. We’ll need them all, traveling in four parallel waves, to stop climate change.
Digitalization with 5G enables further acceleration of climate action
ERICSSON: Digital technology may be our most powerful, scalable tool to tackle climate change. With 2020 showing digitalization can be rapidly accelerated, the same will be true when it comes to CO2 reductions. 5G opens up these new opportunities – why not use it to...
Decarbonizing supply chains is the next level of corporate action
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: Supply-chain decarbonization will be a “game changer” for the impact of corporate climate action. As 90% of the world’s businesses..
Combating climate change isn’t just Biden’s problem. How small businesses can step up
INC: With a sweep of a the pen, America just rejoined the Paris Agreement. But more must be done.
Halving global emissions by 2030
In 2021, we need a laser focus on what is required for the next 10 years: to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
Nestlé, Telefónica and Ragn-Sells join the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders
Global corporations Nestlé, Telefónica and Ragn-Sells announce today - on the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement - that they have joined forces with Ericsson, IKEA, Telia, BT Group and Unilever, in the ‘1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders’ group, committing to reducing...
Launched: SME Climate Hub – Action tools for small and medium-sized businesses
TRADE FINANCE GLOBAL: The SME Climate Hub has joined forces with Oxford University to provide SMEs with tools and resources to help them take climate action. Ahead of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement signing, the freely available tools and resources are...
Nestlé accelerates climate action with suppliers through the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Nestlé has today joined the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, a coalition of organizations acting in line with the UN 1.5°C ambition on climate change. Members include technology innovators, scientists, companies and NGOs, all working to accelerate climate action. The...
Roundtable on governance for climate action
Join us on December 11th (07.00 CET). The roundtable focuses on on the governance gap we face and will explore possibilities for the scaling of climate action towards COP26 and beyond, and features Ban Ki-Moon, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Johan Falk and many more.
The SME Climate Hub & Oxford University join forces to provide SMEs with climate action tools and resources
The SME Climate Hub partners have now joined forces with Oxford University’s Net Zero Climate Research and Engagement Team to provide small and medium-sized businesses with a database of practical tools and resources to curb emissions and build business resilience.
IKEA ”We need to share as many solutions as we can”
MEDIUM: In a gathering of major industry executives at the Exponential Climate Action Summit, Inter IKEA Group’s head of climate, Andreas Ahrens, defined why they were all there: “We all need to work together, and we shouldn’t take pride in the secret of our...
1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders: Why are small businesses key to success on climate?
It is vital that small and medium-sized companies in large corporate supply chains decarbonise, and that they are supported and incentivised to do so. Smaller companies do not have the luxury of sustainability teams to take them on this journey, so ensuring they get...
Update to the 1.5°C Business Playbook on exponential climate action
STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE: The 1.5°C Business Playbook guides companies and organisations of all sizes to exponential climate action and helps them align with the 1.5°C ambition. It is a concrete tool to facilitate the first step of halving emissions, and focuses on...
Key climate impact projects launched
We are delighted to share our recently launched key climate impact projects, which after months of fantastic collaboration have come to fruition, as well as exciting things coming up in the near future. Join us in the Race To Zero, and happy reading!
New initiative aims to help SMEs halve emissions before 2030
The SME Climate Hub — co-hosted by the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the We Mean Business coalition and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign — was launched at the 2020-edition of New York Climate Week.
Partnership with Race To Zero & second version of 1.5°C Business Playbook announced
Exponential Roadmap Initiative amplifies its impact by becoming an official partner of the Race To Zero campaign and TED Countdown, while announcing second version of 1.5°C Business Playbook.
SME Climate Hub launched
New initiative will help small and medium-sized businesses to curb carbon emissions to increase competitiveness.
Castellum joins Exponential Roadmap Initiative to halve emissions by 2030
Castellum has been selected as a partner in the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and thus supports the 1.5 ° C Business Playbook, a tool that guides companies and organizations to set a strategy in line with the Paris agreement and move to action.
Ericsson partners to drive a net zero supply chain
ERICSSON: Ericsson has joined the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders initiative, a group of major multinational corporations who have committed to supporting supply chain partners to curb emissions, build business resilience and gain a competitive advantage in the...
1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders announced
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative has today launched the “1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders”, a group of major multinational corporations, including Ericsson, IKEA, Telia, BT Group, and Unilever, that have joined forces to drive climate action across their supply chains.
SME Climate Hub: Top corporates to consider climate performance when selecting suppliers
BUSINESS-GREEN: SME Climate Hub. BT Group, Ikea, and Unilever among a host of big brands backing plans to help smaller businesses set net zero goals, as 1.5C Supply Chain Leaders group commits to making climate targets a key factor in purchasing criteria.
4 ways for companies to take effective climate action
NIGEL TOPPING, BÖRJE EKHOLM, CHRISTIANA FIGUERES: In order to help companies of any size take climate action, a group of industry and academic partners recently launched the 1.5°C Business Playbook. It is a framework for enterprises to identify value opportunities in...
SME Climate Hub: Top corporates to consider climate performance when selecting suppliers
BUSINESS-GREEN: BT Group, Ikea, and Unilever among a host of big brands backing plans to help smaller businesses set net zero goals, as the 1.5C Supply Chain Leaders group commits to making climate targets a key factor in purchasing criteria.
Big Businesses to halve emissions before 2030 to win the UN’s Race to Zero
The urgency to halve emissions by 2030 in order to set the stage for a more climate secure future will be front and centre of the first Exponential Climate Action Summit happening on 24 September as part of Climate Week NYC. “We don’t need the ever-increasing number...
Unilever & BT Group endorse new 1.5°C Business Playbook
STOCKHOLM (18 September 2020) The second version of the 1.5°C Business Playbook (1.1) was released today by theExponential Roadmap Initiative, also announcing their official partnership with the Race to Zero campaign as well as six newpartners endorsing the Playbook.
Why we need to declare climate emergency now
There is sufficient evidence to draw the most fundamental of conclusions: now is the time to declare a state of planetary emergency. The point is not to admit defeat, but to match the risk with the necessary action to protect the global commons for our own future.
Orchestras, climate action and the Moonrise Kingdom
ERICSSON: Dive into a creative reflection on stakeholder collaboration for supply chain climate action and the global alignment around the 1.5°C ambition. When it comes to climate action, find out why collaboration is the key to success through the lens of Wes...
The 1.5°C Business Playbook: your company’s roadmap for exponential climate action
Contributors and partners We Don't Have Time: "Is the 1.5-degree target just childsplay? Or does it make good business sense? It seems like the latter, and with this guide there is a way for businesses and organisations to lead us into a future for all."
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Alfa Laval endorses 1.5°C Business Playbook
Alfa Laval, a world leader within the key technology areas of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling, joins as supporting partner of the 1.5°C Business Playbook. (Swedish)
AFRY becomes supporting partner to The 1.5°C Business Playbook
AFRY is now partner to the first business playbook for exponential climate action. The initiative was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2020, and aims to help companies and organisations align with the 1.5°C ambition, halving emissions every...
