Companies have been in a congratulatory mood in Glasgow. But critics say their efforts to cut emissions are too vague
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Simon Mundy in Glasgow With the greatest respect, Prince Charles told world leaders at the COP26 summit last week, the private sector offered the only prospect of achieving the fundamental economic overhaul needed to avert a climate disaster. The heir to the British throne was in Glasgow to bestow some royal favour on businesses he saw leading that change — companies as diverse as AstraZeneca, Bank of America, IBM and L’Oréal.
