Businesses named on `A-list` for tackling their climate impact
(The Guardian Business News)

Sainsbury´s, Lego and H&M feature on list that rewards shift to renewable energy and reducing emissionsSainsbury´s, Lego and H&M are among the businesses to make a prestigious A-list of companies that are deemed to be at the forefront of the charge to tackle the `existential` climate crisis.The list is compiled by non-profit group CDP which scores companies based on the environmental data they voluntarily disclose on its platform. Just 2% of the 8,000 companies it scores made the A-list, with Nestlé, Unilever, BT and Walmart among the 179 to make the cut. A focus on the climate emergency was not at the expense of business success, CDP said, with companies on the A-list also outperforming peers on the stock market by 5.5% a year. Continue reading...