How Is KR 8.3 Tracking?
Climate movements consist of more than citizens and consumers. For maximum impact, they must also enlist corporations, shareholders, and employees. For two decades, pressure has been mounting for stronger corporate commitments to decarbonize.
Our Business key result tracks the global business community’s stated commitments to net zero emissions by 2040. Our key result is to have 100 percent of the Fortune Global 500 in the fold.
Pressure is most effective when it comes from industry leaders aligned with stakeholders. So far, nearly half of the companies in the Global 500 have committed to the net zero goal, but only 3.4 percent have committed to the 2040 target date across Scope 1 (direct emissions in operations such as transportation fleets), Scope 2 (indirect emissions through purchasing such as electricity), and Scope 3 (supply chains).
To verify stated progress, we track companies with missing transparency reports. To accelerate action, we set a milestone for all Global 500 firms to reach net zero in their own operations by 2030.
Data for KR 8.3 is sourced by the Speed & Scale team, pulling 2022 data from Fortune 500 websites to track emissions targets and transparency reports of each corporation.