Beyond offsetting: Why firms should shift to a 'contribution mindset' for the climate

Pinwheel's Rob Cheesewright sets out why businesses looking to fund emissions reduction outside their direct value chain should steer clear of compensation-based claims. Tackling climate change has become a corporate imperative. Increasingly business leaders understand that repairing the planet is not only the right thing to do, but also the shrewd thing to do. Climate change, biodiversity loss and waste crises have come to represent a significant set of business risks. Climate change is already slowing economic growth. We only have between six and 11 years of global carbon budget lef...