My top climate reads for last week – usually has a top management bias, though I’m not biased towards them!
Well, before I list my read-links, here’s a stunner that stays in my mind from all those reads:
BASF is the world’s largest chemicals company. Its flagship plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. (source: https://lnkd.in/gsK9YjCf )
Is it any wonder that large corporates and their leadership are considered one of the most critical stakeholders in the decarbonization and Net Zero journeys?
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭:
The 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐑 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 – Thirty years ago, a bold plan was cooked up to spread doubt and persuade the public that climate change was not a problem. BBC reports –
𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 Initiative Gains Global Momentum – Accenture – https://t.ly/Lzn4x
Over 80% of chemicals companies 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 for their sustainability push – EY – 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 🙂 – https://t.ly/FP5YK
UK industry giants joining forces in the Flue2Chem project to convert 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 – https://t.ly/bNdt9
A low-carbon chemical industry could create 29 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 – The Guardian – http://tiny.cc/w289vzw289vzu
What Does America’s 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 9 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬? – 𝘈 𝘷𝘦𝘳
𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 – OilPrice.com , Yahoo Finance – https://t.ly/Zv-
Market interventions killing industry’s access to renewable power – BASF Renewable Energy CEO – 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 for the world’s largest chemicals company – https://t.ly/DZv4l
The race to 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐄𝐕 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 – an increasingly important topics – McKinsey & Company – http://tiny.cc/3389vz
𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 – a climate imperative – European Environment Agency – http://tiny.cc/7389vz
Asian economies 𝐢𝐥𝐥-𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐔 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱 – it is looming, looming – http://tiny.cc/8389vz
See my LinkedIn post on this topic