Quarter of world's biggest firms 'fail to disclose emissions'

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Quarter of world's biggest firms 'fail to disclose emissions'

Grantham Research Institute found half do not factor climate crisis in decision-making

About a quarter of the world's highest-emitting, publicly listed companies fail to report their greenhouse gas emissions and nearly half do not properly consider the risks from the climate crisis in decision-making,...

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