Climate change affects everyone, but some more than others. U.N. report: 40% of the world's population is susceptible to climate change. Inequities raise vulnerable people's risks and expenses. The word didn't occur in 2001 but now appears 5,000 times a year.
Business leaders are committing to climate justice or fair transition plans. Growing employment, human rights, supplier chain, and business model risks. Few tools help firms quantify their climate pledges' social effect. A framework has been established to help corporations address climate justice. Does the corporation respect human rights throughout operations and supplier chains?
Are workers, communities, and employees participating in carbon transition planning? Do they have training, skills, competencies, and resources for the energy transition? Has the firm identified vulnerable persons and groups to climate change and climate action? Is the corporation investing in climate justice-related skills, resources, and knowledge? Climate justice may be advanced through partnering with governments, suppliers, NGOs, and employee organizations.
Mars, Bayer, BlueOrchard, Barclays, and Primark are firms promoting climate justice. Our paradigm helps firms determine how to prevent climate-related risks to people and offer value to the company, its users, and shareholders. Read the Entire Article
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Social enterprise, HandiConnect, wins the Audacious-Business Idea competition’s Doing Good category. The company is spearheaded by University of Otago entrepreneurship master’s student Nguyen Cam Van.