Companies face growing employee climate activism
The climate catastrophe is provoking action in the boardroom as pressure mounts among the workforce. Management teams are changing business plans to be more climate-friendly or risk losing talent
Employee groups see through greenwashing
ATTRACT ACTIVISM There is growing interest within management to recruit green activists to support the climate agenda
BUSINESS MATTERS Executives are aware that climate change is an issue for employees but may disagree over the best ways for the firm to address the problem
KEY QUOTE Companies may suffer from substantial reputational damage if they don’t address the legitimate concerns of their employees ...
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