Unilever and Tesla top list of companies leading the fight on climate change – survey

More than 90% of experts polled by GlobeScan and SustainAbility said they expected the UN's upcoming Climate Change Conference would result in a worldwide agreement - but just a third believed the pact would have binding power to cause real change

Businesses can add another item to their corporate bucket lists: taking the lead in tackling climate change where governments have fallen short. In a survey of sustainability experts released Thursday, 90% of respondents said that companies would need to play as big of a role as national governments in combating climate change to prevent environmental disaster.

The 2015 Climate Survey, by research consultancy GlobeScan and thinktank SustainAbility, asked 624 sustainability experts from 69 countries about their expectations ahead of the United Nations' Climate Change Conference (COP21) taking place in Paris in December.