2026 Just Transition Assessment: Key facts and figures

As companies navigate climate, nature, technological and economic transitions, they must ensure workers are not left to absorb the costs of change, but are able to participate in and benefit from it. Just transition means moving towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy in a way that is fair, inclusive and leaves no one behind. As highlighted under the UNFCCC Just Transition Work Programme, just transition requires whole-of-society and whole-of-economy approaches.

WBA’s 2026 assessment of 1,600 real economy companies and 400 financial institutions applies this lens across all economic sectors for the first time. Results show that just 5% of companies integrate impacts on workers and communities into their climate transition plans, while only 4% have measurable targets to manage those impacts.

The result is a growing disconnect between the transition companies are planning for and the transition workers are being prepared for. While many companies are setting out how they will decarbonise, very few are showing how they will support the people and communities affected by those changes.

Download our factsheet to see an overview of our findings.