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Climate change and sustainability

Manage risk, seize opportunities and increase revenue in the low-carbon economy

Climate change and sustainability are now fundamental issues for today’s business leaders and organizations. Executives have told us, “What’s at risk? The importance of our company’s reputation and our public image.”

Issues around climate change have introduced a wide variety of new risks but they have also opened up new opportunities. Leading organizations know the benefits of acting early and have been able to generate revenue, reduce costs and meet stakeholders’ expectations.

Steve Starbuck, Americas Leader of Climate Change and Sustainability Services. "Responding to climate change and environmental sustainability issues is simply smart business. It means being confident you’ve examined the risks and seized the competitive opportunities available to create new revenue and to reduce cost."
- Steve Starbuck, Americas Leader of Climate Change and Sustainability Services.

Our Climate Change and Sustainability Services can help demystify this highly complex issue and assist you in taking concrete actions to:

  • Identify competitive advantages
  • Increase operational efficiency
  • Mitigate climate change-related risks

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Our climate change and sustainability services

We’ve embedded our Climate Change and Sustainability Services across all our services, geographies and industries.

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Developing your climate change and sustainability strategy

No matter where you are on your climate change journey, we can help you develop and execute a well-planned strategy.

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Revenue generation, cost reduction, stakeholder expectations and government regulation

Explore the four key drivers to achieving a competitive advantage.

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Case study: Nevada incentives for green building

The Palazzo Resort Hotel in Las Vegas brought us in to help them take advantage of sizable tax incentives.

Key questions

Key questions

We work with you to break down the planning process into manageable components.

Visit www.ey.com/climatechange to read more on our Climate Change and Sustainability Services.

Climate Change and Sustainability Services overview

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Our integrated and multidisciplinary team of subject matter professionals will help develop customized recommendations that are fresh and specific.

 Climate Change and Sustainability Services  

Executives are walking the talk:
Five reasons why CEOs are going green

Executives are acting on climate change initiatives because their customers expect it - and because it makes money.

Plan for maximum impact

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Our framework will help you develop and execute a well-planned climate change strategy. Plus, our pages are PDA-friendly so that you can save money and manage risk in the low carbon economy while on the go.

Top five internal audit risks

Watch a video of the highlights. Climate change and sustainability efforts open avenues for making and saving money,but also make organizations vulnerable to a wide variety of risks. For the Internal Audit function, identifying and understanding these risks and how they affect the organization is critical. 

The Clean Development Mechanism FAQs
Part of the Kyoto Protocol that is designed to stimulate sustainable development and reduce GHG emissions.  Learn more in our FAQs.

Sustainable Brazil
In 2014, Brazil will host the World Cup that will bring impacts and benefits, but also presents several risks.


Visit our Global CCaSS site at www.ey.com/climatechange for more on making money, saving money and managing risk.

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