Business may have to pick up the bill for climate change, warn analysts

Madeleine Cuff
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Litigation risk from climate change joins corporate disclosure and tougher supply chains scrutiny as Verisk Maplecroft's top environmental risks for business in 2018

Businesses are under increasing threat of being sued for their role in causing climate change, according to environmental analysts at Verisk Maplecroft. As extreme weather events become more common,...

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