Building Business Resilience to Inevitable Climate Change

Acclimatise has just published the FTSE 350 Carbon Disclosure Project Report for 2008 on climate change adaptation. The report was sponsored by IBM and follows our Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2006 on the FTSE 350: ‘The adaptation tipping point: are UK businesses climate-proof?’.

Has the situation changed since our last 2006 CDP adaptation report? What is the current level of adaptation and business resilience to a changing climate achieved by FTSE 350 companies? These are the questions this report aims to answer by reference to the FTSE 350 responses to the CDP 2008 investor request for information.

How do companies build business resilience to inevitable climate change? In this report teh authors have identified some of the key challenges for directors and provided questions aimed to ensure that the right steps are being taken towards building business resilience to climate change. Examples of good practice are provided to illustrate the actions corporate leaders are taking.