Companies are reshaping operations to cope with changing climate

WASHINGTON POST • July 25, 2024

Major utilities are relocating substations to escape rising waters and wildfires. Manufacturers are establishing redundant production lines to guard against storms that could idle their plants. And a top investment bank is stress-testing portfolios to see if they would survive a warming climate’s wrath. The moves illustrate how companies are changing the way they do business to cope with increasingly frequent episodes of extreme weather.