Reports

The Business Case
Review Ambition
Drive Board Action
Implement the Transition
Ensure Accountability
Accelerate Business Transformation
The current state of the system
Radical collaboration
Taking the lead
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Report | 29 Sep 2023

Systems change for a sustainable future

As leaders shift from ambition to action, understanding and accelerating systems transformation will be crucial. Explore this framework from Deloitte and RMI that can help organisations design a corporate climate strategy to drive change and create new value in the climate-aligned economy.

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Report | 12 Sep 2023

Roadmaps to nature positive

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) with 60 leading companies and partners are developing business guidance for actions to align strategies with the shared goal of a nature-positive planet by 2030.

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Report | 1 Aug 2023

5 shifts needed to decarbonise industry

Systems Change Lab looks at five shifts needed to decarbonise industry.

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Report | 27 Jun 2023

Navigating low carbon disruption: Systems thinking and dynamic system drivers in power, road transport and agriculture

A report from the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL) examines how systems thinking can help businesses and other stakeholders characterise, anticipate and influence low carbon market disruption.

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Report | 14 Jun 2023

The power of partnership: Unlocking business action on net zero (Expert Advisory Group)

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) convened an expert advisory group to provide input from their respective fields around the different ways in which UK businesses can accelerate progress towards Net Zero, the barriers holding this back, and the opportunities that can be unlocked if business and Government take decisive action.

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Report | 26 May 2023

ESG momentum: Seven reported traits that set organisations apart

McKinsey survey respondents reporting increased ESG impact say their organizations focus on both protecting and creating value.

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Report | 7 Feb 2023

Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022

The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, conducted by NewClimate Institute in collaboration with Carbon Market Watch, assesses the climate strategies of 25 major global companies. It critically analyses the extent to which they demonstrate corporate climate leadership.

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Report | 1 Feb 2023

License to transform: Spencer Stuart's 2022 survey of sustainability leaders

How are sustainability leaders and their teams interacting and connecting with the rest of their organisations? Do they have access to the necessary resources, and the license to influence mindsets and culture? What drives success for today’s sustainability leaders, and what is getting in the way?

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Report | 1 Jan 2023

The breakthrough effect: how tipping points can accelerate net zero

Three “super-leverage points” could trigger a cascade of tipping points for zero-carbon solutions in sectors covering 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to ‘The Breakthrough Effect’, a report presented at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in January 2023.

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Report | 3 Oct 2022

Net zero business transformation

CISL has published a report to help companies achieve their net zero goals by taking a whole system approach to net zero transformation. The report, which includes knowledge contribution and support from over 30 companies, aims to help sustainability practitioners engage their C-Suite on systems change.

Report | 26 Oct 2021

Goal 13 Impact Platform: Be inspired by corporate climate action

Building on interviews with more than 400 companies, the Goal 13 Impact Platform and report show how businesses around the world are planning to achieve net zero.

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Report | 1 Aug 2021

Upgrading our systems together

This Race to Zero report looks at a global challenge to accelerate sector breakthroughs for COP26 – and beyond.