Changing the conversation.

Many companies are already doing so ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR ROLE Though still relatively uncommon, words about measuring and mitigating climate change - indicating accountability - have become more prevalent BROAD CLIMATE TERMS Includes the most general words and phrases such as climate change, global warming, and climate crisis SUSTAINABLE PRINCIPLES Corporate ideologies, like the buzzy term ESG - environmental, social, governance - plus closed loop and other sustainability-jargon terms CLIMATE EFFECTS Terms relating to the physical effects of climate change: sea levels, biodiversity, wildfires, extreme weather, and the like CLIMATE CAUSES Greenhouse gases, CO2, carbon emissions, methane, and other atmospheric terms CLIMATE GOALS Target-related idioms including net zero, carbon-neutral, and decarbonize ENERGY TRANSITION Clean energy, renewables, energy efficiency, and others CLIMATE MEASUREMENT Assessment terms such as carbon footprint, Scope 3, and SASB - the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Fair trade, social impact, shared value, and related lingo OFFSETS Specific references to compensating for emissions, like carbon capture and carbon pricing GRAPH: Changing the conversation The SEC proposed in March 2022 that filings must include a company's climate risks. The share of 10-K SEC filings that contain climate terminology has ballooned over the past decade. [Extracted from the article]

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