These Companies are Leading the Climate Battle

Shafeeka Hafeez
5 min readDec 4, 2019

Part (i)

Governments in the world may have signed the Paris climate agreement and pledged to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but the grades in their climate report cards are distressing to say the least.

However, there’s good news coming in from the private sector. With six in every 10 Americans believing in climate change, and climate movements rising awareness across the globe, doing business as usual is becoming bad for corporate image.

By treating the greatest threat facing humanity as an opportunity in disguise, major companies are now competing to lead the climate battle. While there’s still time to decide how successful their efforts will be, their promising targets and progress are worth sneaking a peek at.

Some of these companies have Science-Based Targets initiated by WWF, the UN Global Compact, World Resources Institute and CDP. They are set in line with the Paris Climate Agreement for a world with 1.5–2°C of warming.

IKEA : “People and Climate Positive”

“Through our size and reach we have the opportunity to…

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Shafeeka Hafeez

I write about startups building a more sustainable world | #SolveDifferent