We believe that improving corporate awareness through measurement and disclosure is essential to the effective management of carbon and climate change risk. We request information on climate risks and low carbon opportunities from the world’s largest companies on behalf of 746 institutional investor signatories with a combined US$136 trillion in assets and 330+ major purchasers with over US$6.4 trillion in procurement spend.
Are policy signals and/or market demand for green products and services sufficient to drive investment in industrial decarbonization at the pace necessary? What do businesses want from policymakers and vice versa? What role will international collaboration play in delivering global decarbonization targets and how can multinational companies and national governments foster greener supply chains? How is the energy transition reshaping job markets and how are government and industry leaders plugging the green skills gap? Speakers Sue Armstrong-Brown, Director of Thought Leadership, CDP