Report key messages and statistics

We encourage you to share your own thoughts and perspectives on the findings of the Barometer. The below key messages and statistics can be used to guide your posting.

The solutions driving the transition are no longer alternatives, they are becoming the most competitive, resilient and secure business choices.

• 92% of leaders expect sustainability to be a source of competitive advantage over the next 5-10 years, with 89% maintaining or increasing investments over the past year.
• This is translating into a shift in capital allocation: companies are scaling clean energy, electrification, circularity and regenerative agriculture because they deliver lower costs, greater supply-chain security and improved business resilience.

However, businesses warn that signals of a disorderly transition – one that is unplanned or poorly coordinated – are intensifying, as climate costs rise.

• 68% of leaders view a disorderly transition as more likely than a year ago, with 40% viewing this as a significant risk, and just 15% of businesses are confident that they are fully prepared to meet these challenges.
• 47% of companies experienced higher costs from physical climate impacts last year, driven by supply chain disruption, commodity price volatility, damage to infrastructure and rising insurance costs.

Businesses urge predictable policy strengthening to unlock investment and reduce inflation and price risks.

• 85% of leaders prefer policy strengthening over delay, and 37% would accept higher near-term costs to reduce longer-term costs and climate disruption.
• This is already shaping investment choices, with clarity and stability of transition policy and regulation cited by over half (56%) of businesses as a key criterion in their investment choices.