Mindy Lubber

We are in a race against the climate crisis. Over the past two years, the number of companies and investors making climate commitments to avoid the worst impacts of the warming planet has surged dramatically. Yet, the latest research by the world’s climate scientists on the progress provides the starkest assessment yet—we are still far behind where we need to be.

August 15 - Imagine you are an investor, and a business comes to you with an opportunity. A beverage company, perhaps, whose facilities are running out of water. A clothing company whose cotton is all dying. A ski resort that is seeing less snow each year. A logistics company that is struggling with melting runways and buckled infrastructure, snarling already-strained supply chains across the economy. And imagine these companies aren’t doing anything to address these issues.

The first-in-the-nation law will compel major companies to publicly disclose their carbon dioxide emissions and could have national repercussions.

The new year represents a new paradigm of private sector action on our global sustainability challenges and seizing the greatest opportunities of our time. While climate change, water scarcity, and nature loss continue to impose hundreds of billions of dollars of damage, aligning strategies with the transition to a cleaner zero emissions economy has always been smart investment and solid business practice.

Marc Engel, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Unilever and Mindy Lubber, CEO of Ceres, speak with BloombergNEF’s Kyle Harrison about the key challenges and opportunities that arise during the transition to a low carbon economy. (Source: Bloomberg)