Offsetting and corporate claims to be carbon neutral have been a distraction. The genuine leadership of companies as a force for good will entail working towards decarbonising business models and the framing of objectives in terms of zero carbon and carbon positive.

UNEP Launches Green Economy Initiative to Get the Global Markets Back to Work

This article contains the profiles and photos of the first group of the founding 'Force For Good' Pioneers. We will be announcing more in due course.

As part of its five pillar, five-year, 'eco' plan, M&S aims to significantly reduce the amount of packaging and carrier bags that it uses and find new ways to recycle materials.

At a time when much of the world is facing freshwater stress and scarcity, the Coca-Cola Company's is aiming to become water neutral - to replace every drop of water used in its manufacturing processes.