There is broad agreement that reversing the climate crisis is the biggest challenge we as a society face, and enterprise has a significant role to play. It is critical that the technology transformations reshaping industries are sustainable ones. There is no longer any doubt that things must change - that message has well and truly landed - but achieving that change is proving a far tougher nut to crack.
The figures do not make for pretty reading: in excess of 500 companies have made public commitments to sustainability targets in accord with the Paris Agreement, with an increasing amount targeting a zero-carbon objective. More than 90 of the world's largest cities have joined C40, a network of the world's megacities committed to climate change, and New York City recently signed the world's most ambitious carbon reduction plan.
The kind of projects we are doing are happening at a very local level, so that's streamlining of processes, renewable projects, water conservation, etc. and to do that effectively you have to understand local regulations and procedures, and be able to access local sites and facilities.