The Battle of Climate Change
It sounds like a Reality TV Show, Doesn’t It?
While the initiative is important, I couldn’t help but see a Xena like warrior combating climate change when I read this in The Times earlier today. “The venture is being coordinated by the Carbon Disclosure Project, a British nonprofit organization that helps companies and investors to cooperate in the battle against climate change.”
Apparently some multi-national corportaions are now joining the Eco-Warriors.
The venture is the Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration. Essentially, some of the largest multinational corporations have teamed up to work with their suppliers to minimize their environmental impact, by examining where exactly their emissions occur within their supply chain. Their end goal is to publish a report which will create a standardized process for cutting emissions.
Who is Leading the Warriors?
The list of corporations involved have varying records according to certain environmental and public interest groups. Proctor and Gamble has long been a target of animal rights groups for their testing on animals, DELL only recycles computers if you purchase a new DELL, and Nestle has come under scrutiny for social practices involving child labor on cocoa plantations.
Hopefully this initiative will begin moving these companies away from such reputations- not because of greenwashing. Rather because they are actually doing the right thing and approaching their business practices with a triple bottom (or top) line and this is just one of many indicators.
