CEOs say that while private sector can lead the response, mobilize the capital, and deploy the technology needed, climate change is impacting their business and supply chains much earlier than expected

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 1 November 2021 – In the largest sustainability study conducted to-date by the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture (NYSE: ACN), only 18% of CEOs said that governments and policymakers have given them the clarity needed to meet their sustainability and climate change targets. Released today ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, business leaders are also sounding the alarm on the early onset of climate-induced disruption and looking for government action—particularly in areas of clear carbon pricing, infrastructure investment and financial commitments to an equitable net-zero transition in the Global South—as the window to meet the 1.5°C target by 2030 has started to close.

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