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Combatting climate change with Goal 13 Impact Platform

12 May 2021 | Industry News

Join other businesses in showcasing your climate initiatives

Climate change is already influencing how organisations innovate, operate, deliver and grow. Those businesses, large or small, who fail to manage the transition to a low carbon future will likely see their competitive advantage erode, and increasingly come into conflict with their stakeholders. Although one motivation to act stems from risk management, there is also real, tangible value and opportunity to be gained for businesses as they reduce their carbon footprint and enhance their resilience. Sources of value particularly for the landscape industry include: customer loyalty and pull, attraction of talent, innovation and acquisition of new eco-friendly products and services, and efficiency gains.

Analysis from the platform shows 45% of businesses see the creation of new commercial opportunities as a key driver for acting on climate, with two-thirds expecting a return from their climate related investments within five years. The biggest driver is observed from expected changes in customer demand. For the landscape industry, this will become ever more important as customers and other stakeholder start to assess businesses for green credentials when looking for such services.

This narrative is not confined to large businesses and multinational heavy-weights. The UK SME population is critical to the UK economy and to the supply-chain ambitions of the larger companies, making this a primary agenda for both large and small companies and across sectors.

Showcasing your climate journey through the Goal 13 Impact Platform

The Goal 13 Impact Platform is a not-for-profit initiative led by 6 partner organisations (CBI, A4S, Chapter Zero, the Met Office, Dell Technologies and Deloitte).

The objective of the initiative is to build a free and open repository of corporate climate actions to facilitate learning and collaboration in the run up to COP26.

Information is gathered via structured interviews with organisations who want to tell their climate story; there’s no constraint on size, sector or geography. In these interviews, the group will explore your commitments and targets, drivers for change and how you organise your climate action, key initiatives and their impact, and barriers experienced, and lessons learned.

As of today, the Platform has reached out to c. 2,400 organisations and carried out c. 270 interviews. By COP26 they hope to have 1,000 businesses interviewed, using the data to deliver in-depth insights into business climate action, informing policy makers and showcasing the private sector as a key component to achieving net zero. A beta version of the site can be found here.

The initial report provides an overview of the insights to date in: Goal 13 Impact Platform: Emerging Findings. They plan to publish an update prior to COP26 to power discussions and inspire more businesses to take action.

 

Benefits to you in taking part

  1. Showcase your activities, for free: 

    The platform is a free and open tool allowing organisations to showcase their activities on a global medium.

    You will have access to this data and analysis for the purposes of internal and external briefings, outreach and marketing campaigns.

  2. Opportunities for presence at eminence events:

    The group has taken part in over 30 high profile events including the World Economic Forum, Climate action weeks and CBI events.

    They have event applications for COP26 and London Climate Action Week. There are always opportunities to have panellists present and tell their story.

  3. Facilitate relationships and collaboration 

    Either via the platform, or via the network within the wider eco-system on business climate action, the group can facilitate contacts and collaboration between organisations (B2B, B2G, B2C)

Get involved and showcase your climate journey

The group would be delighted to offer you and your organisation an opportunity to participate and help them shape the platform to best contribute to climate action. The only requirement is to make time for a one hour interview, or returning their questionnaire, reviewing the notes they capture, and when ready, agreeing for them to be published on the platform.

Additionally, the group is encouraging all contributors to get organisations within their supply/value chain onto the platform, typically as a complement to any ongoing engagement. They would be happy to follow-up with your supply / value chains and encourage them to participate.

Sign up via the platform or email: Goal13ImpactPlatform@deloitte.co.uk, or viv.raval@cbi.org.uk  

 

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