Sustainability April 21, 2023

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive explained

7 min read - The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) reached a provisional political agreement in June 2022, signaling it will take effect in January 2024 for all relevant companies. This move aims to achieve more complete and transparent sustainability reporting across the region.…

Sustainability October 26, 2022

German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (SCDDA) explained

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…

Sustainability June 1, 2022

SEC’s climate disclosure rule proposal explained

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…

Sustainability April 21, 2022

The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment explained

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…

Sustainability April 20, 2022

What is the Climate Pledge?

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.…

Sustainability April 19, 2022

RE100 initiative explained

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…

Envizi April 18, 2022

Science-based targets: What are the key commitments required?

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…

Sustainability April 7, 2022

The future of ESG reporting: looking into the crystal ball

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…

Sustainability April 1, 2022

Sustainability Action Plan: guidance and template

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…

Sustainability March 18, 2022

SECR reporting explained

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,…

Sustainability March 7, 2022

Australia launches new carbon emissions reduction transparency system (CERT)

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…

Sustainability March 2, 2022

What is a NABERS rating and why is it important?

4 min read - What is NABERS? NABERS is a standardized building rating system which looks at the sustainability performance of commercial buildings around Australia. The National Australian Built Environment Ratings System, more commonly referred to as NABERS for short, provides a star rating…