Climate change

Climate change presents a very real threat to business survival, no matter what industry.  Active environmental risk management and carbon footprint reduction is vital to ensure business sustainability.  Article 13 monitors and analyses the business response to climate change, highlighting best practice environmental stewardship and showcasing the views and advice of sustainability and climate change experts.  A selection of our most popular articles, case studies and reports related to climate change is below.  If you can't find what you're looking for here, then visit our Climate Change Resource Centre.

CSR case studies

• Anglian Water - a comprehensive approach to tackling climate change, which recognises the importance of partnerships, behavioural change and communication.
• British Airways Climate Change Programme - a programme comprising voluntary actions, promotion of industry solutions to policy makers and support of research into areas of uncertainty in climate change science and aviation.
• DHL Express UK - practical steps towards improving carbon efficiency by 10% by 2010 and embedding the programme in the business.
• Liftshare.com and car-sharing - helping to reduce car congestion and pollution in the wake of growing concern about climate change.

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Views from the field

• Combating climate change with hydrogen energy - Laurel Green outlines Rio Tinto's aim for all of its products to contribute to the solution to climate change and its joint venture with BP's new hydrogen energy division.
• Corporate responsibility innovation and climate change at Severn Trent Plc - Sir John Egan examines how his industry is seeking to understand its special role and responsibility as it feels the impact of a changing climate earlier than many other business sectors.

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Our publications

• The FTSE 250 and climate change: What are companies in the FTSE 250 doing to tackle climate change?
• Climate change and poverty: A business opportunity?

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Briefing papers

• WWF Living Planet Report 2008 
• Guidelines for identifying business risks and opportunities arising from ecosystem change - the Ecosystem Services Review toolkit

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