Leading businesses recognize the planet's rising temperature is correlated to atmospheric CO2 levels -- according to the U.S. government,  levels surpassed 400 ppm in 2013  for the first time in recorded history and  increased to 410 ppm in 2019  -- and are acting on the knowledge that sustainability is a necessity to survive and build value for current and future stakeholders. The channels that demonstrate commitments to act are growing, from the recent Climate Pledge led by  Amazon  to the more established science-based targets, highlighting hundreds of companies where sustainable practices are deliberately incorporated throughout the corporate structure. Indeed, using the metrics from the  Science Based Targets initiative  (SBTi), we can see that 1,128 companies have committed to or set science-based targets to curb their emissions. 

\n Most, if not all, of these leading businesses were born without sustainability as an area of focus.…