Business leaders

This commentary, published before COP17, discusses the divergence between stalling United Nations climate negotiations and the proactive adoption of low-carbon standards by business leaders.

• While United Nations climate negotiations are struggling, business leaders are independently establishing low-carbon standards, and the combination of this business momentum and individual government actions offers a degree of optimism.
• International negotiations may primarily benefit the climate transition by creating expectations and inducing anticipatory action, but long-term binding commitments are necessary to maintain the credibility of these expectations.
• To institutionalize the business case for climate action and sustain current momentum, the international negotiations process must develop a post-Durban political roadmap to secure binding international commitments.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2011). Business leaders. https://www.sei.org/publications/business-leaders/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Business leaders. 2011. https://www.sei.org/publications/business-leaders/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Business leaders |date=21 November 2011 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/business-leaders/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2011business, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Business leaders}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2011}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/business-leaders/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }