TOKYO -- One company after another is announcing the sale of carbon-intensive parts of their business -- from energy groups shedding oil and gas fields to electricity generators selling coal-fired plants -- in desperate attempts to hit climate goals. But these sales "don't make the world less carbon-intensive," said Rich Lesser, Global Chair of Boston Consulting Group.
"All over the world, I hear companies saying, 'We're under so much pressure [to improve our portfolio], and people don't want to listen, to understand what we're doing, why we're doing [it] and why it'll take a long time,'" the veteran management consultant told Nikkei Asia.
