Blog Posts: business

Climate impacts can cause financial losses from property damage, disrupted supply chains and more. According to WRI research, businesses may lack the resources they need to properly assess the full gamut of physical climate risks.

A circular economy isn’t just about fixing environmental wrongs. Evidence shows it can bring big benefits across industries, sectors and lives.

The global market system is designed to maximize profit while meeting people’s needs, but it's done so by becoming the single-most environmentally destructive force on the planet. It's time to change the rules.

More companies are working toward a circular economy, potentially indicating a critical shift from rapidly buying more new stuff to supporting reuse, repair and resale. Such a shift could create a turning point that puts consumerism on a more sustainable path.

Even in the face of COVID-19, we cannot lose sight of another urgent and looming challenge: climate change. That’s why leading businesses are in support of enacting policies in the short term in order to lay a foundation for bolder action in the long term.

Two major trade associations, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable, have opposite stances on climate action. And yet dozens of CEOs are members of both organizations.

The UN's 75th General Assembly last week offered a crucial moment for leaders to demonstrate global solidarity for a fairer, safer, stronger world amid the sweeping impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and a changing climate.

75 years ago, the United Nations was founded on the belief that countries must work together to address global issues. As the world faces climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some national governments are living up to this belief more than others — but crucial actors may be able to turn the tide.

The take-make-waste model is driving the climate crisis and depleting the planet of much-needed resources. Here are 3 ways to transition toward circularity.

Even before the coronavirus crisis hit, we knew the status quo was not sustainable for resilient, thriving societies and economies. All of us — including the business community — need to consider what happens as we emerge from this crisis.