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The return on responsibility: Re-framing corporate climate messaging around materiality, not morality
Potential Energy and WeMeanBusiness
Reframe corporate climate messaging around materiality, not morality. There is strong support for companies reducing carbon pollution, investing in clean energy, and communicating about their efforts to do so. The key to appealing to the broadest set of stakeholders is to frame climate action around materiality– not morality. In other words, businesses invest in climate-related efforts not just because they’re good, but because they’re good for business. Investors and consumers alike believe clean energy technology will shape the future of the economy. The best way for businesses to broaden support without antagonizing skeptics is to frame corporate action through the financial materiality of climate-related risks and opportunities.