CoAct Database
Business Declares
Business Declares is a not-for-profit organisation formed by senior leaders with a vast range of experience from the SME, B Corp and FTSE100 sectors. We are official members of the Race to Zero Campaign UNFCCC team, since COP26.
We believe that business has a major part to play in tackling the climate, ecological and social emergency.
We exist to raise awareness across the business sector of the imperative to accelerate action to address climate change, biodiversity loss and social injustice: the imperative to future proof every business by balancing profits with people and ethics, to live within planetary boundaries.
We exist to galvanise the voice from the business community advocating for regulatory change, to build a resounding voice from business to propel a greater political will for urgent action.
We convene dialogues, acting as an agitator and critical business friend, to explore the difficult challenges which we know will take collective effort to solve.
| Activity period | 2019–present |
| Last CoAct update | 2024 |
| Web URL | https://businessdeclares.com/ |
| Output effectiveness | 0.69 |
| Accountability Index | 0.67 |
| Inclusiveness Index | 0.55 |
| Num. actors | 128 |
| Functions | Knowledge dissemination, Institutional capacity building, Standards and norms, Campaigning, Lobbying, Participatory management |
| SDGs | |
| Themes | industry, finance, resilience |
| Policy focus | Mainly mitigation |
| Sectors | No clear economic sector |
| Implementation countries | Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland (the), United States of America (the) |
| Target | Target type |
|---|---|
| 50% emissions reduction in absolute terms by 2030 from baseline of no earlier than 2015 | Net zero target |
| Businesses must adopt real net zero by 2050 | Net zero target |
| 50% reduction by 2030, real net zero by 2050 | Emission reduction target |
| 90% reduction and 10% offset by proven technologies | Emission reduction target |