Most Australian executives say climate change will damage companies - survey

FILE PHOTO: People wear breathing masks to protect themselves from a thick smoke haze from the bushfires, in Melbourne, Australia January 14, 2020. AAP Image/David Crosling/via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than 80% of Australian business executives believe climate change will damage their companies, a survey published on Tuesday showed.

Australia has for months been battling scores of fires across the country's east coast that have killed 29 people and millions of animals, destroyed more than 2,500 homes and scorched an area roughly one-third the size of Germany.