More concretely, the consequences of climatic hazards are visible throughout the value chain: upstream activities, internal activities, downstream activities. In 2021, for example, companies had to face a shortage of semiconductors due to lack of supply of packaging.
Organizations will measure their greenhouse gas emissions, reduce them as much as possible and offset emissions deemed unavoidable with reliable carbon credits.
To meet the challenge of climate change, businesses will need to create low-carbon products and services, reduce the carbon footprint of their operations, engage stakeholders, governments and businesses along their supply chain. supply to determine...
By encouraging employees to use public transport, to carpool with other colleagues living nearby or by granting them discounts on public transport, companies can considerably reduce their indirect CO2 emissions and therefore their impact on climate change.
Climate risks: a major challenge for businesses
Record temperatures and extreme weather events are multiplying and intensifying. Heatwaves, floods, droughts, the summer was punctuated by these extreme phenomena such as torrential rains in Greece and Turkey, fires in the Hawaiian archipelago (at least 115 deaths) and in Canada where 16 million hectares forests were ravaged.
For a company, there are three main types of climate risks:
-Physical risks: these are the risks linked to the direct impacts of climate change -Transition risks: these are the risks for the company linked to the transition to a low-carbon economy
-Liability risks: legal recourse against companies and associated financial losses
LEADER NIAMIEN Koua Membre d’Amnesty International en Côte d’Ivoire
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