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arabera Gemma Ross 11 years ago

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Organisations Losing from Climate Change

The impacts of climate change are significantly affecting various sectors, including construction, agriculture, transport, extractives, chemicals, and finance. In construction, the availability and cost of materials are rising, and weather conditions are disrupting schedules.

Organisations Losing from Climate Change

Organisations Losing from Climate Change

Finance

Barclays Bank
Calvert Investment- Canada
Reputational damage for companies lending to unefficient organisations.
Pressure on lenders to understand their clients impact on the enviroment.
increased cost of claims
Increased uncertainty on the underwriting in insurance claims

Chemicals

Pressure on companies to disclose health & safety data.
Organisations reputionall damage
BP Oil Spill
Increased regulations on air emisions
Product phase outs
Extreme weather effecting businesses
EDF- France 2003, forced to shut down 6 plants due to extreme weather.
Increased cost on water due to scarsity
Increased cost on fossil fules

Electric Power

Less demand for carbon based energy.
Decreased water supply to generate energy= Competition between companies.
Threat to current utility business model.
Increase regulation on air emissions & water supply.
Stricter regulations on greenhouse gases.

Transport

Logistics orgaanisations

Agriculture

Cotton
Clothing & Retail

Levi Straus

Wine
Coffee
Starbucks

Building and Contruction

Building inland away from sea scales
National Georaphic- rising seas, 'if all the ice melted'

Millions of real estate will dissapear due to rising sea levels.

Stricter limits on waste.
Legislation?????
Shift in skills & knowledge required to meet change in markets.
Limits developing opportunity on water scarce and high bio diversity areas.
Weather affecting building schedules
Typhonn Haiyan Phillipeans
decreased avaliabilty and increade price on materials
Tolko- Canada, pine trees production forestry.

Extractives

Reputational demage on organisations whom do not commit to climate change.
Less demand of virgin materials and an increased demand for recycable matter.
Increased liability, risks & costs due to extreme weather
Busniness interuptions due to weather
Increased cost on fossil fuel mining