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Fashionably late: Better-fitting climate strategies but fashion sector still needs to roll up its sleeves – report
With H&M Group at their helm, some of the world’s largest clothing companies are belatedly improving their ill-fitting climate strategies, but none have refashioned their business model along sustainable lines, according to the latest Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor. Shein came bottom of the league due its failure to take any meaningful action.
Logic errors: Energy-hungry tech sector veers off sustainable climate path, despite its claims – report
Some of the world’s best-known tech giants are emitting more while presenting climate targets that cause a system error due to outdated accounting rules and the voracious appetite for energy of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the latest Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor. Fixing this requires a major reboot of their climate strategies.
FIFA’s Club World Cup kicks climate and social concerns into the long grass
FIFA’s latest grand tournament, the month-long Club World Cup has kicked off in the USA. The expanded 32-team games flex the football industry’s money making power, while spotlighting its disregard for people and planet.
Cream of a disappointing crop: Danone makes greatest climate progress of slow-moving agrifood corporations – report
Despite some good initiatives, the climate strategies of top food and agriculture corporations are not cutting the mustard, according to a preview of the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor. Danone ranks highest among the assessed companies, while JBC and PepsiCo are bottom of the class.
New VCMI guidance risks justifying carbon offsetting and delaying real corporate climate action, NGOs say
In new guidance, the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) is promoting the use of carbon credits to camouflage the fact that companies grappling with their indirect (scope 3) emissions are off track to reach their commitments. But carbon credits must not replace direct emissions reductions, NGOs warn.
Amazon Dime: Selling the climate short with carbon credits
Tech giant Amazon now sells carbon credits to its corporate customers. While this offers companies a low-cost way to appear to be taking climate action, it does nothing to cut their real-world emissions.
Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to the Article 6.4 Methodological Expert Panel
Carbon Market Watch submitted this during the global stakeholder consultation of the proposed ‘Comprehensive Lowered Emission Assessment and Reporting (CLEAR) Methodology for Cooking Energy Transitions’ under Article 6.4. The CLEAR methodology is a step in the right direction for clean cookstove methodologies but it still contains shortcomings which must be addressed. Failure to tackle these issues risks perpetuating the pervasive overcrediting linked to many existing cookstove methodologies.
Tech sector deep dive [Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025]
This briefing focuses on the tech sector and features analysis based on detailed case studies of Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft. These companies were selected as the largest five tech companies by revenue in 2023, excluding predominantly manufacturing companies.
Fashion sector deep dive [Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025]
This briefing focuses on the fashion sector and features analysis based on detailed case studies of adidas,
H&M Group, Inditex, lululemon and Shein. We find that some fashion companies’ climate strategies show promising signs of improvement. However, limited transparency on implementation plans, reliance on false solutions and a lack of commitment to move beyond fast fashion undermine their credibility.
