LexisNexisExploring the GlobalSustainable Innovation Landscape:The Top 100 Companiesand BeyondExploring the Global Sustainable Innovation Landscape:The Top 100 Companies and BeyondForewordIn order to ensure a sustainable environment and ahabitable planet for future generations,it has beendetermined that we must reduce emissions by 45%before the year 2030 and achieve net zero emissionsby 2050.To better understand the magnitude ofthis endeavor,consider that during the initial yearof the pandemic when transportation and industrialactivities significantly decreased,emissions only sawa reduction of 6.4%.The urgency of this challenge is now being widelyacknowledged across industries.The CEO ofBlackRock,a prominent private equity firm managing assets worth 10 trillion dollars,emphasized the need for collective action in a recent statement:"Climate change mustbe confronted by every government,company,and shareholder.The encouraging news is that the desire to utilize innovation to address the mostpressing challenges of our planet remains strong and vibrant.Whether in globalcompanies or nimble start-ups,experience,expertise and energy are being directedtoward new technologies,systems and business models that could prevent or limitthe effects of catastrophic climate change and save millions of lives.But how canwe showcase this sustainable innovation,and in turn,promote more progress?Theintellectual property community has an opportunity to play a key role.Patents provide a glimpse into the crystal ball of future innovations,helping to revealwhere the spirit of innovation is strongest.A patent is essentially a forward-lookingstatement which,if it continues to get citations(references to existing technology inother patents or scientific literature),contributes to scientific and technological advances.It has been determined that we must reduceemissions by 45%before the year 2030 andachieve net zero emissions by 2050.