ArticleMilken Institute Review

Taking Net Zero Seriously

Milken Institute Review, 2024
https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/taking-net-zero-seriously

This article critiques superficial corporate net-zero commitments and urges serious policy, governance, and investment alignment. It stresses credible transition planning, capital discipline, and regulatory clarity as prerequisites for effective decarbonization and economic stability. 

Notes on Related Topics

Reputational Risks (A) – Weak net-zero claims risk credibility loss. 
Long-Term Value & Business Strategy (A) – Real transition planning supports competitiveness. 
 

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Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
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Introduces the concept of “net positive advocacy,” which involves working with partners to advocate for policy that supports systemic solutions and net positive outcomes for all competitors. This requires courage and a shift in mindset, but actually helps de-risk both sustainable business strategies AND political interactions for companies. Their Readiness Test tool provides a useful conversation starter about the change in mindset required.  

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Non-Spending as a Viable Government Relations Strategy
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Our Common Ground: Insights from Four Years of Listening to American Voters
Diane Hessan, 2021

This book shares the results of Diane Hessan's weekly interviews with 500 voters from every state, of every age and ethnicity, and along different points of the political spectrum. The topics ranged from race to guns, from character to party politics, from masks to rallies, from the Supreme Court to the pandemic to immigration and climate change. She finds that Americans have more common ground than they realize, but that they need new approaches to listening and understanding each other.

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Preparing for CPR as Part of ESG
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Jerry Taylor, President of Niskanen Center, 2021
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Bruce Freed of The Center for Political Accountability, 2021
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Seven Barriers to U.S. Business Leadership on Climate Policy and How to Break Them Down
Amy Meyer & Eliot Metzger, 2021

As companies face increased pressure to advocate publicly for robust climate policies, this WRI report outlines three internal and four external barriers, including org charts and quarterly reports as well as trade associations and political winds, that present the biggest hurdles to implementation, and suggests ways to overcome them.

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Social Transformation Framework: Responsible Lobbying & Political Engagement
2021

This framework is developed through a multi-stakeholder process and designed to gauge company progress against the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It provides succinct definitions for various core social indicators (CSIs), as well as a rubric to gauge company performance regarding these indicators. CSI 18 is their standard for responsible lobbying and political engagement, drawing from the Transparency International principles.

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The Net Positive Manifesto
Paul Polman & Andrew Winston, 2021

This article introduces the concept of “net positive advocacy,” which involves working with partners to advocate for policy that supports systemic solutions and net positive outcomes for all competitors. This requires courage and a shift in mindset, but actually helps de-risk both sustainable business strategies AND political interactions for companies. Their Readiness Test tool provides a useful conversation starter about the change in mindset required. 

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The Systemic Risk Induced by Climate Change
Liu Q., et al.,, 2021

This study develops a theoretical framework for understanding systemic risk induced by climate change, describing how cascading, interconnected hazards affect economies, societies, and institutions. It proposes a multidimensional assessment model for evaluating impact domains, severity, and probability, underscoring the importance of system resilience—an approach consistent with CPR’s emphasis on responsible stewardship of economic and civic systems. 

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Time to Succeed
2021

This guide outlines nine clear pathways—like net-zero emissions, circular economy, and inclusive societies—across key sectors including energy, mobility, food, and manufacturing, providing businesses a strategic roadmap to embed sustainability in governance and operations for a thriving 2050 within planetary limits.

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Time to Transform
2021

In a major refresh of its Vision 2050, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development argues that the decade ahead is critical if we are to achieve “9+ billion people living well within planetary boundaries.” They highlight the need to shift political and economic incentives that push companies into short-term behaviors that undermine societal or environmental systems, and propose a new CPR-driven mindset where firms align all policy influence activities to purpose statements and sustainability goals, partner to generate new policy ideas and help ensure relevant stakeholders are at the table.

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Under a Microscope: A New Era of Scrutiny for Corporate Political Activity
Paul Washington & Merel Spierings, 2021

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Karthik Ramanna of the University of Oxford, 2021
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