Big Business Tackling Climate Change

Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you know that the world appears to be getting warmer as we pump more Greenhouse Gasses into the atmosphere.

The top 100 companies globally are responsible for 71% of Greenhouse Gas emissions (Source: CDP report).

It's tempting to pin the blame on them, but those companies are making products we all enjoy!

Because of the industrial world we live in, with big factories churning out everything we consume, it’s easy to blame the factory for the emissions, and not us, the people consuming the goods.

In my opinion, we as consumers need to make it clear that we prefer products that are better for the environment, as we work to transition away from burning fossil fuels as quickly as possible.

Thankfully, without consumers choosing green alternatives or governments banning emissions, some companies are changing their behaviour anyway. Here are three companies I’d like to highlight:

01 Apple

You can read Apple’s plan for climate change here, but I’ll sum it up: Apple plans to be 100% carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030. (Apple is already carbon neutral today, but it’s aware it outsources manufacturing, and those suppliers burn carbon. Plus we charge their products with electricity produced through burning carbon.)

02 Volvo

First up, Volvo have this brilliant video:

Volvo openly admit on their website “We are part of the problem so we need to be part of the solution.” They are transitioning their fleet of cars to electric by 2030, with the goal of reaching net zero by 2040.

03 Intersnack

Intersnack, who own KP Snacks and other brands, have science-based emissions targets backed officially by the SBTi as being “in line with the latest climate science”.

Intersnack say “We are also among the first companies in our industry with a dedicated ‘FLAG’ target which puts a special focus on emissions from forest, land and agriculture. This means that our emissions reporting encompasses the entire supply chain, and we will engage and work with our supply chain partners to make this happen.”

You can read more about their work on their website.