Apparel and personal care fiber and technology solutions provider The LYCRA Company announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its near-term, science-based Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets as aligning with a 1.5°C trajectory. The company’s goals include a new Scope 3 target to reduce absolute GHG emissions from purchased goods and…
Digital supply chain and reverse logistics provider Onepak announced that it has raised $20 million from the Private Equity Impact team at asset manager Nuveen, aimed at developing and scaling its platform for facilitating e-waste circularity. UN’s Global E-waste Monitor reports that e-waste management globally prevents 93 billion kg of CO2-equivalent emissions: 41 billion kg in the form of refrigerants…
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…
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…
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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…
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…