Climate Solutions At Work

The document argues that traditional corporate climate leadership, focused on 'net zero' and offsets, is insufficient to address the climate crisis. It introduces the 'Drawdown-Aligned Business Framework,' which urges employees to advocate for comprehensive changes across eight leverage points: emissions reductions, stakeholder engagement, procurement, investments, disclosures, policy advocacy, business model transformation, and long-term thinking. The guide emphasizes that every job must become a 'climate job' and that companies must prioritize climate justice and the elimination of fossil fuel dependencies to achieve drawdown—the point when atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations begin to steadily decline.

• The guide contends that 'net zero' targets are often an insufficient proxy for climate action because they frequently rely on offsets and lack the interim targets and accountability needed for immediate reductions.
• A drawdown-aligned company is defined as one that uses its social, political, and financial capital to reduce emissions far beyond its own operations to help the world reach the point where greenhouse gas concentrations stop climbing and start to decline.
• The 'Emissions 360' framework requires companies to account for their entire emissions profile, including past, present, and future emissions from direct operations, suppliers, employees, and customers.
• Supply chain emissions (Scope 3) typically constitute the largest portion of a company's carbon footprint, averaging over 80 percent across major sectors such as food, construction, fashion, electronics, and auto.
• The guide advises against relying on unproven carbon removal technologies and suggests that offsets should only be used as a last resort for unavoidable emissions, prioritizing those that reduce emissions immediately or protect natural sinks.
• Corporate financial influence is a major lever; the guide notes that the world's 60 largest banks have financed fossil fuels to the amount of $3.8 trillion in the five years following the Paris Agreement.
• There is a significant gap between corporate political spending and stated climate goals, with some U.S. businesses donating nearly double to climate obstructionists compared to climate-friendly members of Congress.
• The guide advocates for 'stakeholder capitalism,' where companies integrate climate action into every job description and ensure boards are 'climate-competent' to reduce financial risk and improve performance.
• True business model transformation requires shifting away from incompatible industries and prioritizing the scaling of climate solutions, even if it requires significant up-front investment.
• Climate justice must be embedded in corporate action to address the disproportionate impact of emissions on low-income and BIPOC communities.

APA

Project Drawdown (2025). Climate Solutions At Work. https://drawdown.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Drawdown%20At%20Work_Updated%203-2025.pdf

Chicago

Project Drawdown. Climate Solutions At Work. 2025. https://drawdown.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Drawdown%20At%20Work_Updated%203-2025.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{projectdrawdown2025climate, author = {{Project Drawdown}}, title = {{Climate Solutions At Work}}, institution = {Project Drawdown}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://drawdown.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Drawdown%20At%20Work_Updated%203-2025.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }