Why climate is scary for businesses - & what to do about it

If you’re here, you probably had a little surprise dropped in your lap – your boss, a client, or both – now need your company to report its impact on the climate and they’re expecting you to provide a report on it soon. Perhaps you’re a B Corp, and you just learned about the need to report your emissions every year and to reduce them by 50% by 2030, but you’re not even sure what your company’s emissions are now.

That’s stressful. You care about the climate and you want to do a good job, but this feels easy to screw up. The language is confusing and technical, the data entry requirements seem excessive, and you’re not really sure that you’re going to be able to figure it out in time to meet the requirements. 

Well, you are not alone and thankfully, there are a few choices for you to consider that can make it a little easier to discover and report your climate accounting. Here is a list of three different categories, each with a few options that other people like you have used and their strengths and weaknesses:

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