19 November, 2020
Roadmap to mandatory TCFD reporting ‘should focus minds’
When it comes to mandatory climate-related risk reporting there isn’t as much time as recent headlines might suggest. The government has said the legal framework to make it compulsory will be in pla...
17 November, 2020
From A to Zero: how to build a credible corporate net zero strategy
Over the past 18 months, the gears have shifted when it comes to climate change, with pressure for both transparency and proactivity now coming from seemingly every angle: the general public, governme...
30 October, 2020
BlackRock backs global sustainability reporting standards
BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, has put its shoulder behind the creation of a single set of global sustainability reporting standards. The support is timely. If implemented, new stan...
30 October, 2020
Sustainability in spotlight at IIRC Global Conference
The growing importance of integrated reporting will be explored in November when experts, business leaders and investors from around the world gather online to explore the issue of sustainable value c...
2 October, 2020
Board directors ‘lack specific sustainability knowledge’
The climate crisis means companies must become sustainable, but are their boardrooms up to the job? New research suggests many are not.
23 September, 2020
EcoAct sustainability study warns of FTSE 100 performance gap
Companies are doing better on combatting the climate crisis and yet there is a “performance gap” to confront, especially in the FTSE 100. This conclusion comes from
22 September, 2020
CFO taskforce reveals plan to boost UN Sustainable Development Goals
Last week we got the bad news that the world has failed to hit a single target designed to help save biodiversity on Earth. This week a group of chief financial officers (CFOs) has given the United Na...
11 September, 2020
Governance week: Rio Tinto, ESG, climate risk, Aussie audit
Fallout for Rio Tinto The equivalent of going nuclear in governance is clearing out a company’s leadership. This week investors managed to detonate a bomb under Rio Tinto when the chief ex...
9 September, 2020
Only 8% of UK businesses have ‘fully-fledged’ climate risk plan
Outside of Covid-19, climate remains the biggest agenda issue for society. And yet doubts are emerging over the readiness of big business to tackle global warming. Fresh research published this wee...
25 August, 2020
