February 2020
Climate change at the top of of the WEF agenda
World leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020 agree that a rapid response is needed to avoid major impacts
Personalities from around the world gathered on January 20 for the WEF's annual event in Davos, Switzerland. As the impacts of climate change become more evident in business and the need to act fast grows, organizations are allocating more resources to incorporate these new market conditions into their business strategy. In this newsletter we bring you the main news of the month as well as the arguments and tools you will need to start your transition to carbon neutrality.
Top 5 business risks
According to the WEF's Global Risks Report 2020, 5 environmental risks (failure of climate action, extreme weather, man-made environmental disasters, natural disasters, biodiversity loss) were among the 10 most impactful and likely.
Learn about all the risks here
Waiting is no longer an option
Building a climate strategy will not be quick or easy, but a new study warns that waiting is no longer an option.
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Climate Risk and Corporate Responses: 3 Decades of Impacts
How might climate change impact the world's socioeconomic systems? In this report McKinsey assesses the nature and extent of physical risks to a company in the face of a changing climate.
Read the report here
The 20 climate actions to 2020
The new WEF report outlines 20 actions that organizations, investors, governments and individuals must take to reduce GHG emissions intensity by 2020.
Meet them here
The 10 steps to carbon neutrality
Learn how to take your company to carbon neutrality in 10 steps, with this interactive website from LM Windpower.
Visit it here
“Sustainable business models make economic sense.”
In this interview Jean-Pascal Tricoire, CEO of Schneider Electric, discusses sustainability in business.
Listen to it here
The private sector for SDG13
The first working meeting of the Climate Action Roundtable was held today. This roundtable was led by Libélula, Natura and MINAM and seeks to catalyze private sector action to achieve the SDG13 targets.
Listen to Libelula's presentation here
BlackRock puts climate change at the core of its investment strategy
The world's largest global fund manager will make sustainability and climate risks key tenets of its investment strategy, a move its chief executive said should prompt financial institutions to prioritize the issues of
climate change.
Listen to it here
