'Sphere of influence': Are 'insufficient' corporate climate standards failing to reward those companies embracing systemic change?

Cecilia Keating
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Campaigners have called for corporate lobbying to be aligned with emissions reduction targets | Credit: iStock
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Campaigners have called for corporate lobbying to be aligned with emissions reduction targets | Credit: iStock

Researchers call for a new approach to corporate climate standards to better capture the impact of corporate lobbying, investment, and product development activity

Corporate climate standards are failing to reward companies that are striving to drive the systemic changes that can help meet global net zero goals, a new report has today argued, warning that current...

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