At a time when the world is waking up to the biggest issue of our day, there is increasing pressure on businesses to demonstrate their response to climate change from a wide variety of stakeholders:

Your customers

• Public awareness and media coverage of climate change is growing at an unprecedented rate – last year world wide concern over global warming became more widespread than ever.
• Experts are predicting that climate change will become a mainstream consumer issue by 2010. Press coverage of the issue and public expectations will continue to rise.
• Businesses are increasingly demanding good environmental practice from their suppliers.
• Managing your climate impact and providing low carbon products and services positions you well in a growing and increasingly demanding market.
• Many of the British public now chose a product or service because of its responsible reputation.

Your employees

It is vital for any business serious about its impact on the environment to engage its employees. Employees are often the best advocates for your company and contributing to a company’s environmental activities not only boosts your company’s environmental performance, but staff morale and retention too.

British workers are beginning to confirm the potential influence of corporate responsibility in the 'War for Talent', many now referencing their employer's social and environmental responsibility as important to them.

Investors

Managing risk in your business is a vital part of maintaining shareholder value. Your response to climate change has the potential to impact your bottom line through risks to your operations, brand and finances. Investor initiatives such as the Carbon Disclosure Project, the rise in Socially Responsible screening and indices such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good are raising the profile of the issue of climate change amongst the investment community.

"Wall Street is waking up to climate change risks and opportunities. Considerably more of the world's largest corporations are getting a handle on what climate change means for their business and what they need to do to capture opportunities and mitigate risks. This all points to a continued elevation of climate change as a critical shareholder value issue for investors".
James Cameron, Chairman of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Regulators

There is now a global political and scientific consensus that we need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to tackle climate change. As a result, around the world countries and industry sectors with a significant contribution to emissions inventory are being impacted by policy and legislation aimed at reducing emissions. At the UN Conference of Parties in Bali in 2007, a roadmap was agreed to continue international mechanisms to reduce global emissions.

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