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Join the thousands of companies taking action to accelerate the just transition to a nature-positive and 1.5°C-aligned world.

The 4 A's of Climate Leadership

The definitive framework for business to take credible climate action for a net zero, 1.5°C-aligned world. Accelerate your company’s journey from climate ambition to action, advocacy and accountability.

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The 4 A’s of Climate Leadership

Guidance for companies

The Coalition works with its network of partners to develop strengthened and consolidated resources aligned with the The 4 A’s of Climate Leadership on areas where companies tell us they need additional clarity on what good looks like. 

 

Climate transition action plans

Every company should create a credible Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP). This details the forward-looking, specific, and near-term actions a company is taking to cut emissions at pace and shares this information in a non-technical, easily-digestible, and public-facing way.  
 
Use the consolidated guidance and editable templates developed with CDP, Ceres and EDF to create one.

Responsible policy engagement

By advocating for pro-climate measures and intervening when their trade groups lobby against them, business can help bring about policies that unlock investment and deliver action at scale – and cut their emissions faster.  
 
Follow the RPE Framework, developed with a taskforce of leading NGO partners and company input.

Just transition resource platform

Embedding the principles and practice of a just transition creates support for climate action, allowing governments and business to act at the scale and pace demanded by science. 
 
Understand the important role of business in ensuring that workers and communities can thrive in the low carbon economy, using the resource platform created with the B Team and BSR.  

Nature guidance hub

Every company should factor nature into their climate plans. This means playing their part in cutting the 35% of global emissions that are related to forestry, farming and land use and investing beyond their value chain to protect and restore natural ecosystems like forests and wetlands. 

Take credible action on nature with resources and initiatives from our network of partners.

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The Supplier Cascade

A practical approach to supply chain decarbonization

The Supplier Cascade gives businesses a manageable way to address Scope 3 emissions through Tier 1 supplier engagement. Built from best practice, it focuses on enabling action in the areas that are within a business’s control.

Join us to create tangible action throughout the supply chain

Small and medium sized business action on climate

Through its free tools and resources, the SME Climate Hub enables small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to make a climate commitment, take action and measure their progress towards emissions reductions.​ The SME Climate Hub is an initiative of the We Mean Business Coalition, created in partnership with the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the UN Climate Change High Level Champion’s Race to Zero campaign.

Visit the SME Climate Hub
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15,000+

companies taking action

A rapidly growing number of companies are setting climate targets and taking action to deliver on them. Find out which companies are seizing the opportunities of climate action.

Companies taking action

Leading companies are taking action on their climate commitments

RE100 member AB-InBev met its 100% renewable energy goal four years early

The firm has added nearly 400 MW of renewables capacity to the grid in the US, cutting 950,000 tonnes of CO2

Unilever, JSW Steel, and GeoPost/DPDgroup became founding members of EV100+

To transition their medium and heavy-duty vehicles to zero emissions in OECD markets, India and China by 2040

35 companies including Mondelez and Mars have planted more than 20 million trees in Ghana and Ivory Coast

The companies have also achieved 72% traceability in their cocoa supply chains

JLL was the first real estate company in the world to have a validated net-zero target through the SBTi’s Net-Zero Standard

In 2022, the company reported a 17% reduction in Scopes 1 & 2, and 26% drop in Scope 3 emissions

BMW partnered with green steel provider H2 Green Steel

The deal will enable BMW to reduce carbon emissions by up to 400,000 tonnes annually

Investors including Aviva and Legal and General have committed to transitioning their investment portfolios to net zero by 2050

They are two of several institutional investors participating in the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance

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All companies need to align with the 1.5°C pathway and target net zero by 2050 at the latest.

Follow The 4 A's of Climate Leadership and join the leading global initiatives in these key areas.

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Economy

Achieving net-zero emissions

Join the forward-looking businesses accelerating the transition to an inclusive net-zero economy that leaves no-one behind.

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Finance
Financing the transition

Companies can help shift global financial flows away from polluting investments and stimulate low-carbon solutions.
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Energy
Creating a net-zero energy system

By switching to 100% renewable electricity, companies are helping catalyze the transition to a net-zero energy system.
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Transport
Driving a net zero transport system

By switching to zero-emission vehicles, companies are helping to accelerating the sector’s decarbonization and cut urban emissions:
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Built Environment
Creating a net-zero built environment

Companies can play a vital role in cutting operational and embodied emissions from buildings and infrastructure and increase resilience to climate impacts.
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Industry
A pathway for industry

By driving demand for net-zero materials, companies can help decarbonize heavy industry sectors such as steel and cement.
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Land and Nature
Harnessing land and nature

Corporate action and support of land preservation and restoration efforts are crucial to meeting the Paris Agreement goals.

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