To Incentivize Companies to Address Climate Change, Measure Their Broader Impact

This climate standards system treats all emissions in an inventory alike, irrespective of any wider climate impacts. That leads many industries to focus on tinkering around the edges rather than on their highest potential areas of climate action. For example, airport sustainability strategies that emphasize waste management but say nothing about dealing with fossil fuels burned during flights, or consulting firms fretting about office lightbulbs instead of their policies for advising heavy industry clients.