{"id":79528,"date":"2023-10-27T13:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T03:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=79528"},"modified":"2023-10-27T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T03:35:09","slug":"corporate-australia-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/corporate-australia-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Australia Missing from Global Decarbonisation Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/decarbonisation-call.jpg\" alt=\"globe with logos\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/decarbonisation-call.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/decarbonisation-call-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/decarbonisation-call-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/decarbonisation-call-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than 100 companies worldwide, including some of the world\u2019s most recognisable brands, have co-signed an open letter calling on governments to accelerate decarbonisation and the switch to renewable energy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With a combined revenue close to a trillion US dollars, the signatories include names like Nestle, Volvo, AstraZeneca, BT and IKEA.<\/p>\n<p>Depressingly, however, corporate Australia is largely missing from the letter\u2019s signatories.<\/p>\n<p>Only one company in the billion-dollar class of signatories is Australian: Atlassian, the software giant founded by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar.<\/p>\n<p>Other hefty outfits with public commitments to renewable energy \u2013 Telstra, for example, or NBN Co, TPG, or Optus in the telco space come to mind \u2013 are missing, as are Australia\u2019s big retailers.<\/p>\n<p>A few smaller names from Australia are there: Alchemi Group, which runs Priceline pharmacies; beehive innovator Flow Hive; and skincare manufacturer Oz Green Oasis.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org\/cop28-businesses-urge-governments-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels\/\">open letter was coordinated by the We Mean Business Coalition<\/a>, and says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur businesses are feeling the impacts and cost of increasing extreme weather events resulting from climate change. We recognize the need to transition in a way that safeguards our future collective prosperity on a liveable planet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That means ending the burning of fossil fuels, the letter said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis means turbocharging the renewables revolution, electrifying key sectors and massively improving efficiency \u2014 thereby creating the conditions for a rapid, well-managed and just transition away from fossil fuels. The transition to net zero could boost global GDP by 4 percent by 2030.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The signatories want governments to \u201cset the enabling conditions, policies, regulations and investments for a just clean energy transition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The letter doesn\u2019t only target governments, though: the coalition wants financial institutions to \u201censure that capital is being allocated to accelerate the clean energy transition\u201d; and optimistically calls on fossil fuel companies to \u201cjoin us in setting science-based, net-zero targets and to develop and publish transition plans on short- and long-term steps to decarbonise business operations, products and services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 companies worldwide, including some of the world\u2019s most recognisable brands, have co-signed an open letter calling on governments to accelerate decarbonisation and the switch to renewable energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":79566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Corporate Australia Missing from Global Decarbonisation Call - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over 100 global firms urge governments to fast-track decarbonisation. 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