A new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project examines the business case for putting carbon management near the top of the agendas for 10 large companies. For these firms, carbon management has helped reduce a range of long-term business risks that may one day threaten their bottom lines.

This October 10, the international climate campaign 350.org is organizing the 10/10/10 Global Work Party to profile innovative climate solutions across the planet. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, people are finding ways to get to work on local solutions and a clear message to their political leaders: We're rolling up our sleeves and working on solving this problem, what are you doing?

Carbon management is moving up the corporate agenda and many companies now understand the need to handle their emissions. But should carbon management be considered a strategic priority?

Contemporary energy security demands a mixed basket of energy sources. A move from the current carbon energy usage, to a more balanced energy portfolio, delivers this as well as opening up almost unlimited business opportunities and a pathway to creating thousands of green jobs.

Burger King has become the latest company to stop buying palm oil from Sinar Mas, an embattled Indonesian company its critics accuse of deforestation.

Leading companies are cutting emissions profitably by reducing, for example, energy and fuel consumption. They are being proactive and constantly looking for opportunities to save. These are the companies that are in effect, defining what it means to be sustainable and low-carbon. And they are being rewarded by setting the standards that other companies will have to follow going forward.

When it comes to a company’s impact on climate change, does directors and officers insurance cover executives? While companies say yes, the insurance industry is saying no. We’re talking millions -- perhaps billions -- in legal liability here, so someone will end up holding the bag.
 

Instead of asking how much cap-and-trade will cost, we should be asking how much it saves us. The glacier in the room is that the real costs won't come from cap-and-trade, but from climate change itself.