The research looked at the following four publicly-available climate actions of the Fortune Global 500 companies: carbon neutrality, net zero, RE100 and Science-Based Targets.
Carbon neutrality (59%) leads the milestones achieved to date, with 8% of Fortune Global 500 (38 companies) carbon neutral today, a further 9% (44) that have a target
to be carbon neutral by 2030, and a further 13% (65) with a target to be carbon neutral by 2050.
The number of companies with a net zero target has trebled in a year: up to 25% of companies from 8% of companies a year ago. One third of companies with a net zero target have a more immediate carbon neutral target/achievement.
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