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What’s Really Behind Corporate Promises on Climate Change?

Many big businesses have not set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Others have weak goals.

By Peter Eavis and Clifford Krauss | New York Times | Feb 22, 2021

“You can look at a company’s website and see their sustainability report and it will look great,” said Alberto Carrillo Pineda, a founder of Science Based Targets, a global initiative to assess corporate plans to reduce emissions. “But then when you look at what is behind it, you’ll see there is not a lot of substance behind those commitments or the commitments are not comprehensive enough.” 

Read on: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/business/energy-environment/corporations-climate-change.html