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Chemicals of Concern
Chemicals of concern are substances with potential toxic effects on human health or the environment due to their distribution, concentration, or mode of toxicity. They pose financial, legal, operational, and reputational risks for companies, particularly in industries like chemical manufacturing, textiles, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and consumer goods.
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Curbing methane emissions: how five industries can counter a major climate threat
This McKinsey Sustainability report discusses the climate impact of methane emissions in five key sectors: agriculture, oil and gas, coal mining, waste management, and wastewater. Existing barriers for abatement of methane emission and potential solutions and trade-offs for stakeholders to consider are presented.
Bankrolling extinction: The banking sector's role in the global biodiversity crisis
This report explores the contribution of the banking sector to the biodiversity crisis and the destruction of nature as of 2019. The report ranks the 50 largest banks globally based on their financing of unethical operations, finding a large impact on deforestation, ecosystem destruction and overfishing.
