Comment: How companies can lead to make the energy transition work for people and planet

Meredith Sumpter explains how members of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism are putting its private sector guide to the just transition into practice.

The COP27 Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan was the result of intense multilateral negotiations, and further aligned world leaders in taking on the climate crisis. But government action alone will not be enough to avoid the most catastrophic socioeconomic and environmental effects of climate change, some of which we are already experiencing.

Businesses must also lead, and not just because it is the right thing to do. It’s because businesses can’t afford not to act.

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