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Eighty-eight mayors and council leaders have now committed to the UK100’s pledge to achieve net zero by 2045

The company has signed the “Business Ambition for 1.5°C” pledge joining the Race to Zero campaign of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The companies are committed to making a concrete difference in the areas of carbon footprint reduction, circular economy, protection of natural resources and welfare of communities.

The acceleration of digitization means that IT leaders should urgently seek decarbonization strategies. iStock Global climate change is fast outpacing the scale and magnitude of human response. As its implications to socio-economic and political stability become apparent, organizations worldwide are re-posturing to drive affirmative climate action. However, climate change considerations for business are no longer the sole responsibility of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) office or sustainability department. Sustainability is increasingly integrated throughout the bus...

Nearly 60 councils pledge to beef up net zero plans Share Local leaders representing over a third of the population sign up to UK100 initiative that aims to deliver net zero emission communities by 2045 The UK100 group of local authorities and councils has this week announced that nearly 60 cross-party local leaders, representing 35 per cent of the UK population, have now committed to delivering net zero emissions at least five years earlier than the UK-wide goal of 2050. The group said that 57 councils had now signed up its Net Zero Pledge, which explicitly commits them to neutralising counc...