air pollution

New consultation asks IR teams to share details about corporate contributions to toxic air Air pollution has major impacts on human health, the environment and the economy. As a growing business risk, it’s an issue that IROs cannot afford to ignore. Some 99 percent of people breathe air that exceeds World Health Organisation (WHO) limits and one in six deaths worldwide is caused by air pollution. The global cost of health damages from air pollution in 2019 was estimated to equal around 6 percent of the world’s GDP. Despite these impacts, air pollution is not given enough consideration as a business risk by companies.…