From Doing Better to Doing Enough: Anchoring Corporate Sustainability Targets in Science

This research paper by the World Resources Institute discusses the necessity for companies to shift from setting feasible or competitive environmental targets to those anchored in environmental science to ensure operations remain within ecological limits.

• Many companies currently establish environmental performance targets based on what is competitive or feasible, rather than aligning them with the requirements for operating within ecological limits.
• Drawing on 2016 collaboration between the World Resources Institute and Mars Incorporated, the paper examines how businesses can use environmental science to anchor sustainability targets for their impact on water, land, and the climate.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). From Doing Better to Doing Enough: Anchoring Corporate Sustainability Targets in Science. https://www.wri.org/research/doing-better-doing-enough-anchoring-corporate-sustainability-targets-science

Chicago

World Resources Institute. From Doing Better to Doing Enough: Anchoring Corporate Sustainability Targets in Science. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/doing-better-doing-enough-anchoring-corporate-sustainability-targets-science.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendfrom, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{From Doing Better to Doing Enough: Anchoring Corporate Sustainability Targets in Science}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/doing-better-doing-enough-anchoring-corporate-sustainability-targets-science}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }