Business Positive

Home to some of the world’s most influential climate scientists, modellers, and physical risk experts including Dr Jesse Abrams, we are uniquely placed to provide analysis that helps you navigate the risks to your business in a changing climate.

Our influential reports raise awareness of physical climate risks (see Planetary Solvency), help sectors build resilience with scenario planning (see ‘No Time to Lose‘), and map future risks for specific sectors (see ‘Horizon companies report‘).

We can help you gain practical, next-level insight into risks such as:

• Agriculture risk mapping and crop yields
• Supply chain risks
• Nature and biodiversity dependency
• Portfolio risks and scenario planning

Equip your leadership team with the knowledge and skills to drive sustainability forward. Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Executive Education programmes offer comprehensive training on sustainability leadership, enabling your executives to navigate complex sustainability challenges, integrate sustainable practices, and lead with purpose in an evolving business landscape.

In a fast-changing sustainability landscape, it can be difficult to know how to achieve your long-term sustainability goals. Our specialists can support you with comprehensive sustainability audits that are tailored to your needs – helping you navigate the data, identify the most efficient actions, and identifying opportunities to embrace sustainable growth. 

We can also work with you to identify skills gaps, upskill sustainability teams and embed climate science within your organisation, helping to ensure your workforce possesses the skills and resilience for a green future.

Uncover hidden sustainability risks and opportunities within your supply chain. Our experts in life-cycle assessment can provide thorough analysis, identifying areas for improvement, resource optimisation, and carbon footprint reduction.

While many businesses have taken steps to reduce their Scope 1 and 2 emissions, tackling Scope 3 – the emissions that occur outside of an organisation’s direct control – is a more complex challenge. At the University of Exeter, though, our extensive expertise and environmental datasets make us uniquely well-placed to simplify the process of measuring and reducing Scope 3 emissions, providing you with a clear picture of where reductions are most needed.

Embrace the circular economy by designing products for resource efficiency and longevity. Our circular economy experts can guide you in incorporating circular design practices, enabling easier repair, reuse, and recycling. Embracing circularity minimizes waste, conserves resources, and creates a more sustainable product portfolio.

Transform your sustainability strategy with our expertise in positive tipping points and systems thinking. Home to the Global Systems Institute and leading tipping points experts like Professor Tim Lenton and Dr Jesse Abrams, we can help integrate tipping points into your business planning and leadership strategy, making it easier to identify opportunities to accelerate climate action.