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EU Commission Publishes CSRD FAQ to Help Companies Implement New Sustainability Reporting Rules

EU Commission Publishes CSRD FAQ to Help Companies Implement New Sustainability Reporting Rules

The European Commission announced today the publication of a new set of set of frequently asked questions (FAQs), aimed at supporting companies and other stakeholders such as auditors in implementing sustainability reporting requirements of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), with the first reports set to begin next year, based on the 2024 financial year. The CSRD is a…

Guest Post: Connecting Opportunities with Financial Drivers – Why Businesses Must Embed Sustainability Within Corporate Decision-Making Now More Than Ever

Guest Post: Connecting Opportunities with Financial Drivers – Why Businesses Must Embed Sustainability Within Corporate Decision-Making Now More Than Ever

By: Simon Weaver, Global Head of ESG Advisory at KPMG International  ESG leaders and CSOs are facing challenges today like never before. Externally, the increasing political polarization of sustainability is forcing leaders to find a delicate balancing act between demonstrating a commitment to ESG and explaining why that commitment genuinely matters and the financial rewards it will bring. Internally, with…

Complete Guide To GHG Carbon Emissions

Complete Guide To GHG Carbon Emissions

Complete Guide To GHG Carbon Emissions 111 PAGES – Carbon reporting has scopes 1 and 2, plus a staggering 15 categories of scope 3. So how do you meet the ever more stringent reporting requirements? It’s yours for free Complete this short form and we’ll email it to you straight away. Name(Required) Company Name(Required) Email Address(Required) CAPTCHA The Greenhouse Gas…

A Comprehensive Guide To ESG Reporting

A Comprehensive Guide To ESG Reporting

A Comprehensive Guide To ESG Reporting 255 PAGES – Covering all of the key topics about ESG reporting, from B Corp through to the CRSD, with in-depth analysis and guidance, this is sure to become your go-to guide. It’s yours for free Complete this short form and we’ll email it to you straight away. Name(Required) Company Name(Required) Email Address(Required) CAPTCHA…

ICVCM Rejects Carbon Credits Based on Renewable Energy

ICVCM Rejects Carbon Credits Based on Renewable Energy

Carbon markets non-profit the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) announced that it will not allow carbon credits issued under existing renewable energy methodologies – representing nearly a third of the voluntary carbon market – to be labelled with its Core Carbon Principles (CCP) designation. According to the ICVCM, the decision was made to exclude the renewable energy-based…

Virgin Atlantic Ad Promoting Landmark Sustainable Aviation Fuel-Powered Flight Banned by UK Regulator as “Misleading”

Virgin Atlantic Ad Promoting Landmark Sustainable Aviation Fuel-Powered Flight Banned by UK Regulator as “Misleading”

A Virgin Atlantic ad promoting a UK government-sponsored first-ever transatlantic flight by a commercial airline powered only by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been ruled as “misleading” by UK ad regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for its description of using “100% sustainable aviation fuel,” despite using identical terminology to the government’s own description of the landmark flight. The ad…

Racist Robots and the Rise of AI Activism

Since ChatGPT was launched in 2022, investors have been scratching their heads about how to approach the risks related to the technology. In 2023, Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, did something that spooked investors. A few months earlier, OpenAI – the artificial intelligence (AI) company backed by Microsoft – had unleashed ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that used large language models…

UK Trustees Must Close Gap on ESG Compliance

The Pensions Regulator is being encouraged to take its focus beyond disclosure, and issue more guidance that incentivises action.  A recent report from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has revealed a gap between UK pension trustees’ ESG disclosures and their actual processes, with industry pundits calling for new guidance to push ambition.  TPR reviewed trustees’ statement of investment principles (SIPs) and…

Sora Fuel Raises $6 Million to Produce Low Cost SAF from Water, Air and Renewable Energy

Sora Fuel Raises $6 Million to Produce Low Cost SAF from Water, Air and Renewable Energy

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup Sora Fuel, which relies solely on water, air, and renewable energy for its product, announced that it has raised $6 million in a Seed round. Proceeds will be used to expand Sora’s Boston-based team, develop commercialization partnerships, and further advance the company’s technology. SAF is considered essential for decarbonization of the hard-to-abate aviation industry, which…

Rio Tinto Urged to Change Tack on Climate Lobbying

ACCR accuses the mining company of hypocrisy and greenwashing after it advocated for the weakening of climate rules. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has said it could re-engage with mining giant Rio Tinto if it formally changed its “hypocritical” policy on a key climate reform in Australia. Last week, the shareholder advocate and activist group announced it had ended…