UN COP26 - Insights & Observations

Forster Communications are recent members of Business Declares’ network. Linked below are some insights and observations on UN COP26 in Glasgow this year, from the Forster Communications team, as well as their network of experts, including one of Business Declares’ Directors, Fiona Ellis.

Highlights:

• Boards need to take bold investment decisions

• Deeper scrutiny of offsets

• Inclusion of Scope 3 separates progressive business from the rest

• Numbers must add up

• Recharging civil society

• The opportunity for charity leaders

• Systems change before offsetting

• People matter

• Effectively channelling financial resources is core

• Businesses without live transition plans to a low-carbon, more sustainable economy, should expect to be exposed

• Putting a price on carbon with the carbon tax

• Collaboration continues

• Don’t forget the SDGs

• The countdown to COP27 has begun