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Corporate transition to clean energy good for business
With major governments showing open hostility towards climate solutions or focusing on other needs, one might think that progress towards decarbonization is in jeopardy. Yet across the global industrial sector, many companies are increasing productivity, boosting revenue growth and reducing emissions all at once
Elisabeth Reynolds and Nathan Collett
4 Nov 2026
It is not easy to be optimistic about climate change nowadays. In the United States, President Donald Trump’s administration has eliminated incentives for clean-energy investment, slashed funding for numerous private-sector projects, and rescinded long-standing rules limiting greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions from vehicles and power plants. Even in Europe, a longtime climate-policy leader, deadlines are being pushed back and compliance obligations reduced as other challenges, like the war in Ukraine, take priority.
