Climate change

  • What net zero best practice means for business: report

    First 5000     |      October 18, 2021

    There is huge momentum in companies adopting climate commitments including net zero targets in Australia. But there is so much variety in the kinds of climate commitments being announced, according to a report released today from ClimateWorks Australia.

  • Surge in Australian corporate climate activity

    First 5000     |      April 23, 2021

    As world leaders join US President Joe Biden for his landmark climate summit Australian corporate interest and activity in climate action is surging, says independent industry association Carbon Market Institute (CMI).

  • Microsoft announces it will be carbon negative by 2030

    First 5000     |      January 20, 2020

    Microsoft Corp. has announced a new plan to reduce and ultimately remove its carbon footprint. By 2030 Microsoft will be carbon negative, and by 2050 Microsoft will remove from the environment all the carbon the company has emitted since it was founded in 1975.

  • Finding a way for businesses to support the Global Climate Strike

    First 5000     |      September 19, 2019

    Millions of people around the world will walk out of their workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the streets, calling on world leaders to act now on climate change as part of the Global #ClimateStrike on 20 September 2019.