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56% of firms provide preferential contract terms to suppliers with high overall sustainability performance.
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Verdantix Supply Chain Sustainability Survey 2024
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70% of workers (especially millenials and Gen Z) prefer to work for sustainable companies.
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Verdantix Innovating for Safe and Sustainabe Operations In-Person Summit 2022
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45% of executives say risk to their brand from not having a net-zero strategy was most influential factor in development strategy.
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Verdantix Net Zero and Climate Risk Global Corporate Survey 2023
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13% year-over-year core operating profit increase for Fortune Global 500 company while reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions by 12 percent.
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Amid High-Profile Net Zero Rollbacks, GSK Reports Achievement in Profit and Planet
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75% of the CO2 we emit will remain in the atmosphere for 200-1,000 years and 4% will linger beyond 100,000 years.
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Just 36 fossil fuel companies are responsible for over half of the world’s CO2 emissions.
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The 10 warmest years on record have all ocurred in the past decade.
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Every $1 spent on resilience and preparedness prevents $13 in losses.
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In 2024, there were 27 confirmed weather/climate disaster events with losses xceeding $1 billion each to affect the United States,”
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70% of Fortune 500 companies have set public climate or energy targets, many tied to net-zero goals.
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“77% of investors explicitly believe that ‘environmentally responsible companies are more likely to succeed financially.'”
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“99% of executives say their supply chains are already impacted by climate change.”
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“Since 2020, here has been consistent growth in climate regulations in all parts of the world.”
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“Cities report that benchmarking and disclosure has contributed up to a 2.4% reduction in building energy use per year.”
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“Nearly 70% of employed adults want their organization to invest in sustainability initiatives.”
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Even higher for younger professioinals, “78% of business students want to work for a company with strong environmental practices.”
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80% of customers are willing to pay a premium for sustainable products, even amid inflation.
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Sustainability labels increased consumer demand for those products by 13%
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“82% of surveyed companies say they have captured economic benefits from decarbonization, with 6% reporting value that exceeds 10% of annual revenue”
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Almost 70% of companies ranked the time intensive nature of the LCA process as their biggest challenge.
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“European Commission studies indicate that 80% of product’s environmental impact is locked in during the design phase, underscoring the value of early stage LCA integration.”
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While just over a quarter of surveyed firms now strongly agree that their corporate decarbonization strategy is fully integrated into business and investment planning, nearly 38% either disagreed or remained neutral when asked whether their business units have the right incentives to support that strategy.
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More than 50% of major listed companies are exposed to some level of water stress across their value chain
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For companies, the cost of inaction on water risks is up to five times the cost of action.
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While only 5% of businesses assess their current impact on nature, an estimate $44 trillion in economimc value generation is at risk through the dependence of business on nature and related services
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Small and mi-sized companies which outperformed on profit, growth, and ESG, saw greater revenue increases than companies that only outperformed on profit and growth.
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Accounting for 70% of global CO2 emissions, cities are on the frontlines of climate action.