The Supreme Court takes up climate costs. CEOs should worry about the cost of doing nothing

The cumulative impact of the Trump administration’s executive actions, rollbacks, lawsuits, and targeted attacks on companies pursuing ESG goals has made leaders reluctant to speak up. The topic of climate change was remarkably absent from Climate Week NYC this year. I directly addressed it once in a conversation about “Plan B for the Planet” at the Explorers Club. But dealing with a hotter planet was woven into conversations about resilience, the grid, regenerative farming, data centers, the speed vs. safety questions around AI, and sustainability in sports. While President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as “a hoax,” it is…