'The future isn't something that just happens to us': Why 2021 marks a crucial crossroads for sustainability

Michael Holder
clock • 7 min read

Business leaders, investors and policymakers have a narrow 6-18 month window to set a path to net zero or a breakdown of the planet's biosphere, according to Forum to the Future

Even before the tumult of 2020, drawing up an accurate business roadmap for how the next 10 to 20 years could pan out would have seemed a fool's errand. The physical and transitional risks arising from...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Management

SBTi promises revamped Corporate Net Zero Standard by the end of 2026

SBTi promises revamped Corporate Net Zero Standard by the end of 2026

Standards body unveils plans for a pivot towards a 'more action-focused' organisation in its new five-year strategy

Stuart Stone
clock 22 May 2026 • 5 min read
In the change of era, how are sustainability leaders preparing?

In the change of era, how are sustainability leaders preparing?

Sustainability leaders are turning their attention to the actions which create – and communicate – genuine impact, writes Radley Yeldar's Rebecca Ward

Rebecca Ward, Radley Yeldar
clock 20 May 2026 • 5 min read
Highview Power confirms management shake up

Highview Power confirms management shake up

EXCLUSIVE: New CEO and senior team tasked with delivering company's growing pipeline of long-duration energy storage projects

clock 19 May 2026 • 3 min read