Supply Chains Need $100 Trillion to Hit Climate Goal, Paper Says

  • Small businesses will be key to net zero emissions by 2050
  • Some 80% of CO2 emissions come from global supplier networks
Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg
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Global supply chains will need an estimated $100 trillion in investment to achieve the planet’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions over the next three decades, according to new research that pins as much as half of that price tag on small- to medium-size businesses.