The big dirty secret of the World’s biggest companies
INTERNATIONAL – Lots of companies talk a good game about cutting planet-heating greenhouse emissions but their disclosures and targets have tended to focus on the emissions over which they have direct control and which are easiest to measure.
That’s fine in an industry such as cement, where the bulk of carbon pollution occurs during the production process.
From an environmental perspective these direct, or “Scope 1,” emissions are the main problem caused by these particular companies.
Source: iol.co.za
