Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Consumer and Technology Companies

A business and climate change report has been released by Ceres, covering 63 of the world's largest consumer products and information technology companies in 11 industry sectors -- and providing a snapshot at where businesses are, and where they're going to on the climate change front. Being the largest companies, those represented have huge operations that are major energy consumers and greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. On the same token however, they are brand powerhouses whose equity in the public mindset is heavily dependent on their actions that impact the public well being. For these companies, inaction on the climate change issue would be detrimental to their brand -- and buffing of their green credentials can only lead to positive result.

The report is a whopping 316-pages long, but provides food for thought on where businesses are, where they're going to, and where there are opportunities for those who want to get a strategic leap ahead of the pack. Take a look, but whatever you do, don't print out the report!