Climate Action 100+: Top corporate polluters accused of failing to act on climate goals

Cecilia Keating
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Climate Action 100+: Top corporate polluters accused of failing to act on climate goals

Underwhelming results of Climate Action 100+ benchmarking exercise prompts calls for reform of investo group's approach when it reboots for a new five-year cycle next year

Many of the world's biggest corporate emitters are failing to build on their ambitious climate targets by providing sufficiently robust plans for how they will practically slash emissions across their...

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