--- title: Corporate leaders believe we've hit a climate tipping point description: A new survey of corporate leaders has found that a majority believe we’ve reached a climate tipping point - but their actions aren’t matching the sense of urgency. --- [![Greenpeace](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/hs-fs/hubfs/GPAP-Master-Logo-Green-RGB_Web-1.png?width=2259&height=348&name=GPAP-Master-Logo-Green-RGB_Web-1.png "Greenpeace")](https://www.greenpeace.org.au) [![Canopy Logo](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/hubfs/raw_assets/public/gpap-main-theme/images/the-canopy/the-canopy-logo.png)](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy) The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific. # Corporate leaders believe we've hit a climate tipping point Monday, 24 January 2022 A new survey of corporate leaders has found that a majority believe we’ve reached a climate tipping point - but their actions aren’t matching the sense of urgency. Gas giant Santos has been served notice at Tennis Australia after just one year, after a campaign led by 350 targeting the fossil fuel company’s sponsorship deal with the Australian Open. And a proposal to frack for oil in the Kimberley has been submitted to the Western Australian EPA, with local environmental groups vowing to fight the project. [Business leaders believe climate at 'tipping point', survey shows](http://link.newsletter.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=76fKcEeh4PVItpSA9Cs-2FOEMGnd77r-2F-2FG-2BxtUbsljffpOmNl6jT-2BkMchtskQWQbf-2Bjq05Yvir-2FGufDy8WoRacieFg3diCzpaqmBA-2BRWm9rRxJInKT8-2BX1Bcc4ng7lJLoEHP20dlEXvPbl2UAlJBYLBzhNyo38tgFOKvb2n06yYSa2d1Bcfu4KINSUmDrULLnAWAdIkz-2FHc0qKPKjHulhddtoslBDEpQ08xmFSxHA-2F9Ws5JKZrqknXtT7seEClHi1-2B76EaIAgFWosIotXUBydHiYe4gpEAQ7LdjHSbl0HhTcZIzhC1naatjDC9pGNuD5K2F59oU0cPg1SJ2GdbYbwgwPQqT1AHhs8vraRN8Jv607SkdrljdNCA9ij5dSeD1AD-2BySKfHa98U56HWtG3rKM7vMx2BpdjtNARPkvA6fPJDjNRXzKLOh0nLdCmGzD7k-2BsOUHkxWSSZK1NTzhotXlMmsiXzQptwpjx1hdCGLSm3Wu5xiJ2zDsKGckB5frJfI5-2B3qlDk-2BJHDYxVnL-2FOHQwt6paE-2FiveSVeHDuYoYSBADxL5m7HU86I3NWaMqqI96f47EqtkFEF-2Fw4kzg1POoCYwX6kuwXncWL9cudi6xfxVGVDji-2FmV1VeK2VrgyC7m-2BhcZuwhy05fkQ32boBayqiEp5-2Bg6i02BfaKK3Xg836-2Fep7IFgrV-2FNicQQns8wZpAp7-2Ff-2F-2FVUriEfrm-2F21XALXNDanuRQ-2BwGHFRoP6okh1cSE38t9UbpZgoKmSVRoDPjR-2F2uHVeeetWZkp21SxT1y5fAmKMw-3D-3DPyMD_phcJM9ByNNX6Qh3ejjqXmun6IAaDhqC7v9tBWdyDVwHBJNIpiovf9GVZzDamNCgxfLw27GXvnBPsL7GgH8wMQEO2NMIW4GEL5ODIXchHd-2BtRovw75-2FSgD2yVfs8Yc86AWyJoVmcalGDyVGJiUzS1cVS7rqJuXyw863fSP4ZBu70TR-2FOpweBRIfHyQTCMbvSy2FKR2DjwGtuagQQw47gNr-2FrofcbOAzLnbUp0pHbH8O9W5V5kLNyaG8lxFdexKfBy1WEOkP-2BG-2FIVqhdHMH4aSM-2BJTckAbhxFgNwp2eUlYXO9nu-2BTYxFrhQLLUp8CCPmTWInvgVreb4sPUyoQ3fHemnSRAN0W20JAOQcMZQzgqOxYGzb2f5GT40HXIvNlHUYOo)Corporate Australia is increasingly worried about climate change, according to a new survey which found about three-quarters of business executives believe the planet has reached a "tipping point". [A year on from a landmark report, nature - and law reform - is floundering](http://link.newsletter.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=76fKcEeh4PVItpSA9Cs-2FOEMGnd77r-2F-2FG-2BxtUbsljffpOmNl6jT-2BkMchtskQWQbf-2Bjq05Yvir-2FGufDy8WoRacieFg3diCzpaqmBA-2BRWm9rRxJInKT8-2BX1Bcc4ng7lJLoElzVwlhC1mmt6akZbs2t2wEJqIJqRAHv-2FOCBc6O7W17ryJPoF9nfJQq0xucVpaWoqGINE9irjkv0lI8e1XZL9-2BwvnhUdNR9NQRb2JI-2FV8pXaOHzxo6HVfFktAXJGvmLbgM0CkrZF-2FdhUZpKuklh9J7swgWurcXpi-2FPyuZJHbVePDuILm5Ets7g0H9N43IuekFHB7-2BIPqq4uwEk-2BpFDUa5NvQWW8fQsAuJ2rRB5qqZbOn438Ij1zWLtLBsFhyZre89L-2BnGuKX-2BekzwsJSc9jxeoLO7OLS-2FHyU-2FTaxl1uHeHLo-2BU-2FMl6pdmw7cc7yNcSblz3q5ouaZOoslmsoWFmK2RvmvcwCFSX3yvrEDoxNXnHwR-2FFMumK4PbDXekXHKh6TRY17mGvTjlhuZLUdBbKf22x959zez0jG4W-2BX7dFr0Oo6uHv8EovQSQFfBQb6LTEtlJMgStsz0QJV-2BUMC-2BbL6-2Fo9yJlKH8fLwyuLuqiJgNI3QKqKLH7Za0TM-2Bcdx1K3GR8e8ouwB3N5T0XRyq0c17RaBeAHoKnumUTy7gQvvRJeQT8yNpxU8kM6EunMCrXdObYkM3HCLIarzsw-2BaydWabWEpEFnyeplBF0H0QDegB1HeKDFB-2FOAat6-2Ffh2x18-2BV1K2g1PhwikuHPVjCId26osq4tYGXq0yAiUxJ-2FnqXGkzBcac-3Dj6r2_phcJM9ByNNX6Qh3ejjqXmun6IAaDhqC7v9tBWdyDVwHBJNIpiovf9GVZzDamNCgxfLw27GXvnBPsL7GgH8wMQEO2NMIW4GEL5ODIXchHd-2BtRovw75-2FSgD2yVfs8Yc86AWyJoVmcalGDyVGJiUzS1cVS7rqJuXyw863fSP4ZBu70TR-2FOpweBRIfHyQTCMbvSy2FKR2DjwGtuagQQw47gNr-2BtvJrrZOsIu3RRSq7uk6FAuuYtwdb7FtyP4eOwjcS9Tnhhco-2FpbC-2BJ8ldOeoJf5TkBOvOP-2BLWOfP1IivXB-2FuhXXDbP6PmeyLhxoPSQz269c0utzpcgMbpc-2BvNW-2FX1cTW-2BltebyiO02vsJ8xCrLnXVjafAzCR6oUwEqP7ErHHAEBFk-2BqYXJkEJHii1tR3bZrkQ-3D-3D)This time last year, Professor Graeme Samuel released a landmark report that warned Australia's national environmental laws were outdated, ineffective and not fit for purpos, writes Sophie Power from the Australian Conservation Foundation [Locals ‘devastated’ after Whitehaven Coal allowed to bury used tyres at Maules Creek mine](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/22/locals-devastated-after-whitehaven-coal-allowed-to-bury-used-tyres-at-maules-creek-mine)NSW government’s approval compromises ‘environmental integrity of the operation’, say campaigners [Tennis Australia ends partnership with Santos after one year](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/23/tennis-australia-ends-partnership-with-santos-after-one-year)The multiyear deal with the fossil fuel company had been the target of a campaign against ‘sportswashing’ [Environmentalists vow to fight latest Kimberley fracking proposal to unearth Australia's largest oil resource](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-01-22/new-kimberley-fracking-proposal-under-review/100774542)An energy economist says the world will be watching as an Australian company's proposal to frack onshore oil in the Kimberley is considered by Western Australia's environmental watchdog. 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