Air pollution has a significant impact on mortality around the world, leading to 7 million deaths each year (WHO, 2021). Corporations are a big contributor to air pollution numbers in terms of volume (see figure 1). What actions can be taken by these corporations to reduce this?

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Figure 1. The top 20 companies responsible for a third of carbon emissions worldwide (Taylor & Watts, 2019). Billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent IState Investor-owned 10 20 30 40 Saudi Aramco 59.26 Chevron 43.35 Gazprom 43.23 ExxonMobil 41.90 National Iranian Oil Co 35.66 BP 34.02 Royal Dutch Shell 31.95 Coal India 23.12 Репеx 22.65 Petróleos de Venezuela 15.75 PetroChina 15.63 Peabody Energy 15.39 ConocoPhillips 15.23 Abu Dhabi National Oil Co 13.84 Kuwait Petroleum Corp 13.48 Iraq National Oil Co 12.60 Total SA 12.35 Sonatrach 12.30 BHP Billiton 9.80 Petrobras 8.68 Guardian graphic I Source: Richard Heede, Climate Accountability Institute. Note: table includes emissions for the period 1965 to 2017 only Figure 1. The top 20 companies responsible for a third of carbon emissions worldwide (Taylor & Watts, 2019). Billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent IState Investor-owned 10 20 30 40 Saudi Aramco 59.26 Chevron 43.35 Gazprom 43.23 ExxonMobil 41.90 National Iranian Oil Co 35.66 BP 34.02 Royal Dutch Shell 31.95 Coal India 23.12 Репеx 22.65 Petróleos de Venezuela 15.75 PetroChina 15.63 Peabody Energy 15.39 ConocoPhillips 15.23 Abu Dhabi National Oil Co 13.84 Kuwait Petroleum Corp 13.48 Iraq National Oil Co 12.60 Total SA 12.35 Sonatrach 12.30 BHP Billiton 9.80 Petrobras 8.68 Guardian graphic I Source: Richard Heede, Climate Accountability Institute. Note: table includes emissions for the period 1965 to 2017 only

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