The chief executives of major U.S. airlines are set to meet virtually with two key White House advisers on Friday about efforts to reduce carbon emissions and use renewable fuels, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
McKinsey may not care whether it’s on the right side of history, but its clients and employees surely do. The ouster of boss Kevin Sneader, a $573 million settlement over advice it gave to opioid maker Purdue Pharma, and work for the U.S. immigration authorities and Saudi Arabia’s autocratic government all further the impression of a business struggling with its own direction. This public dilemma may have a public solution: become a listed company.
Japan must introduce carbon pricing and fiscal incentives for green investment to achieve its goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050, private-sector members of a key government panel said on Wednesday.
In the past, shareholder votes on the environment were rare and easily brushed aside. Things could look different in the annual meeting season starting next month, when companies are set to face the most investor resolutions tied to climate change in years.
European Union countries will rally behind the bloc's plan to massively expand building renovations to cut emissions, according to a draft document, but did not explicitly endorse using legally-binding energy performance standards to do it.
Investment firm Engine No. 1 on Monday reiterated its call for Exxon Mobil Corp, one of corporate America's most iconic brands, to slash its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, according to a letter sent to the company.
Business model transformation and decarbonization within the autos sector