Major consulting companies and some of the big accounting firms in South Africa are cashing in on the climate crisis, despite conflicts of interest, and a lack of expertise and ambition ...

Companies used to tout their climate plans. Under Trump, they’ve gone quiet. Mentions of environmental concerns on S&P 500 earnings calls have plunged.

Extreme heat caused by emissions from 111 fossil fuel companies cost an estimated $28 trillion between 1991 and 2020, according to researchers at Dartmouth College.

Amazon Chief Sustainability Officer Kara Hurst, left, discusses sustainability with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy at the Climate Pledge Summit, held in New York during the city’s annual Climate Week.

These climate-friendly businesses are innovating by creating electric aircraft, ... Amazon, Google, and Meta were among the giant tech companies to sign onto a 2023 pledge in early March, ...

What Trump’s victory could mean for oil companies and climate change policy. Trump’s plans have the potential to send fossil fuel companies’ profits soaring while threatening the world’s ...

Nonetheless, insurance companies have become some of the biggest financiers of fossil fuels, which are the primary cause of climate change—the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal are ...

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Former U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo urges Miami and the nation to uphold free-market principles in the face of climate risks, warning against government overreach that threatens business freedom and ...

Indeed, a WEF report released last December found that unprepared companies could face an up to 25% hit to their earnings by 2050 without adequate measures to adapt to the effects of climate change.

The authors argue that instead of criminalizing and marginalizing climate activists — citing examples like and Amazon and ExxonMobil — companies should promote disruptive activism for their ...