3 min read - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a rule proposal to standardize the way organizations make climate-related disclosures. The rule proposal would require US publicly traded companies to disclose annually how their businesses are assessing, measuring and managing climate-related risks. This would…
7 min read - “Garments come from Asia, cocoa and fruit from Africa, and coffee from South America—the new Supply Chain Act (Lieferkettengesetz) aims to protect the rights of people who produce goods for the German market.” This preface to the German Supply Chain…
4 min read - The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment) calls on organizations, businesses and cities to take action to reduce all operational and embodied carbon emissions within their building portfolios by 2030, and to advocate for all buildings to be net…
3 min read - The Climate Pledge is a joint initiative between Amazon, a major platform for e-commerce and IT services, and Global Optimism, a climate advisory organization that was founded by Christina Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, two architects of the historic Paris Agreement, in 2015.…
3 min read - Renewable Energy 100 (RE100) is a global corporate renewable energy initiative led by the Climate Group in partnership with CDP aimed at getting the world’s most influential businesses, specifically those with annual electricity demand over 100 GWh, to commit to 100% renewable electricity and…
4 min read - In the race to a net-zero future, science-based targets serve as a key driver of decarbonization. Science-based targets show companies how much and how quickly they must slash their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to meet the Paris climate goals and prevent the…
4 min read - ESG reporting has surged in prominence amid consumer, shareholder and employee pressure, combined with a growing realization among investors and financial institutions that sustainability risk is investment risk (as BlackRock CEO Larry Fink highlighted in his letter to CEOs). With…
6 min read - Once only the responsibility of sustainability managers, ESG performance and sustainability are today considered key areas of strategic focus for organizations, often reflected in Sustainability Action Plans developed by organizations. Looming investor pressure, consumer awareness and the understanding that sustainability…
4 min read - What is SECR reporting? SECR, which stands for Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting, is a sustainability reporting framework which is mandatory for large organizations in the United Kingdom (UK). It looks at not only the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by the organization,…
3 min read - The Australian Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has taken another market-leading move with the recent release of a new carbon emissions report for some of Australia’s largest companies. The Corporate Emissions Reduction Transparency Report (CERT) is a voluntary report that sits alongside and…