Q&A: How can CSOs better engage with the C-suite to achieve net zero?

Nearly every major company has committed to achieving net zero emissions within the next decade. But despite these widespread commitments, there remains a large gap in execution.

Carbon accounting platform Normative's Carbon Accountability report recently found that over 70% of the 200 businesses surveyed are not calculating their downstream and often hard to abate scope 3 emissions. The survey also revealed that businesses do not have the carbon visibility needed to reduce emissions and reach net zero. "As a result, the pursuit of net zero can become marginalised, either as a symbolic gesture or confined within organisational silos, in a business ecosystem that traditionally favours short-term gains over long-term sustainability," Normative chief executive and co-founder Kristian Rönn tells CSO Futures.