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How to Improve Your CDP Rating: Key Elements for Success

How to Improve Your CDP Rating: Key Elements for Success

As companies strive to meet stakeholder and regulatory requirements, participating in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and improving your CDP rating, can demonstrate transparency and commitment. While completing the CDP questionnaire can be challenging, taking an incremental approach and focusing on specific elements can help enhance the quality of your responses. In this article, we […]

Understanding the Impact of Recent SEC Updates on Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, and Technology Sectors

How proposed SEC rules can affect the Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, and Technology sectors?

The main objectives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  are to protect investors, enforce securities laws, and facilitate capital formation. The SEC regulates securities markets, sets disclosure requirements for companies, promotes fair trading practices, and takes enforcement actions against securities law violators. It also plays a vital role in market regulation, international cooperation, […]

AI applications: panacea or threat to sustainable development and ESG assessments?

AI applications: panacea or threat to sustainable development and ESG assessments?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications are evolving at a rapid pace and are increasingly penetrating our everyday lives. From the arcade games of the 90s, we have moved on to smart phones that feature both data and AI applications, such as Google Assistant and Siri. Today we are all talking about AI applications, which […]

How Florida’s Anti-ESG Legislation Could Affect the Competitiveness of US Businesses

How Florida's Anti-ESG Legislation Could Affect the Competitiveness of US Businesses

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ recent signing of an anti-ESG legislation has sent shockwaves through the ESG investing community in the US. The new law prohibits state officials from investing public funds in funds that prioritize ESG goals and also prohibits ESG bond sales. While some believe that the legislation is primarily a political move, others […]

How to get prepared for the new SEC Climate Rule

How to get prepared for the new SEC Climate Rule

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule that mandates all publicly traded companies, regardless of size, to disclose information about greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks. While many companies are already accounting for or planning to measure scope 1 and 2 emissions, are they prepared to address climate risks and scope 3?   […]

How UK businesses should manage top 3 Corporate Challenges

How UK businesses should manage top 3 Corporate Challenges

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have become significantly important in recent years, and UK businesses are now facing multiple challenges while navigating ESG regulations. ESG regulations are complex and businesses must comply with many rules from different regulatory bodies, which is a major challenge. Additionally, frequent changes in ESG regulations can create confusion and […]

Embrace the 3 R’s toward a zero waste and a thriving circular economy

Zero waste and circular economy

Key Steps Towards a Sustainable Future of Zero Waste Zero waste strives to eliminate waste through ongoing reduction and recapture methods, while the circular economy aims to accurately value resources and promote their resale and recovery. Although recycling is beneficial, adopting the 3 R’s below can lead to more impactful action toward a sustainable future. […]

Shining a light on ESG ratings for enterprises

Shining a light on ESG ratings for enterprises

With global investors being increasingly focused on ESG ratings & issues in their investment strategies – according to the Capital Group ESG Global Study, roughly 89 percent of investors considered ESG issues in some form as part of their investment approach in 2022 – it’s no surprise that the acronym “ESG” has never been more […]

How to align your sustainability performance with the latest EU Directive

EU Directive

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) expanded the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and set out new requirements for sustainability reporting for companies operating in the European Union (EU). The aim of CSRD is to increase the quality, consistency, and comparability of sustainability reporting across all European Union (EU) companies. For this reason, it requires large […]