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PRESS RELEASE: Leaders from all Sustainability (ESG) – related Fields Joined us in the digital Certified Sustainability (ESG) Program
Always at the forefront of hot trends, CSE delivered yet another sold-out digital version of its flagship course, the Certified Sustainability (ESG) Practitioner Program, Advanced Edition 2021. The digital course incorporates three live sessions, facilitated by global Lead Trainers, including Nikos Avlonas, Founder and President of CSE. The course combines the best attributes of online learning with […]
Electromobility: the new trend in the transport sector to meet EU goals
The transport sector is responsible for the consumption of one third of the total energy in the EU, and for a large part of greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to climate change, air pollution and noise. In particular, emissions produced by cars, vans, trucks and buses account for more than 70% of total emissions. Europe aims […]
Four Steps to Improve Your ESG Rating
By Nikos Avlonas, President and Founder of CSE Companies looking for investors MUST understand their ESG rating and how to improve it. UN PRI and US SIF both track assets under management (AUM) in the trillions domestically and internationally. Blackrock is demanding sustainability metrics for any future investments in its billions of AUM just […]
Five New Roles for Sustainability Managers in 2021
By Nikos Avlonas, Founder & President of CSE If you’re sustainability academic, you know Donella Meadows. If you’re a sustainability worker bee, you benefit from her work. Meadows was the lead author to Limits to Growth (1972), the first book showing the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet. Meadows also gave us […]
The Rise of ESG: Challenges and Opportunities for 2021
Lessons learned from the ESG top 50 companies By CSE Research Team Chicago, February 4 – At the exclusive event “The Rise of ESG: 2021 Challenges and Opportunities” offered by the Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) to its Certified Sustainability (ESG) Practitioners in North America, the discussion revolved around key Sustainability challenges faced […]
Rethinking the investor relations manager, ESG impact on corporate ratings is growing
By CSE research department Sustainability ESG considerations are increasingly being integrated into the core of corporate strategy and governance frameworks, as well as the lending and investment decisions of financial institutions. The growing interest in sustainability generates increasing influence of ESG issues on strategic and management decisions. Sustainability takes on more weight globally and […]
Innovation and sustainable solutions for the superyacht industry future
Sustainability seems to be an integral part of innovation for the superyacht industry as environmental considerations are topping the list of yachting owners. The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the minimization of their carbon footprint are the key trends of future innovations, which will enable technologies to improve efficiency. Significant budgets are spent […]
Sustainability (ESG) as a game changer: Sustainability (ESG) Professionals in the Spotlight
By CSE research team Sustainability (ESG) Professionals hold a corporate-critical role in the 2021 business mindset. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are changing their business models in order to adapt to various challenges due to the pandemic and boost their resilience. At the same time, industry titans and global corporations step up their ambitions […]
What does it take to align your business with the Paris Climate Agreement?
By Thomas Weber, CSE North America Coordinator of Consulting Services For true leaders, it has to begin with the core understanding and recognition of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ESG) principles. 2020 gave numerous Sustainability lessons to be learned on a fast track. Now is the time to reflect on your corporate strategies, acknowledging that […]
The EU Commission is stepping into 2021 with Sustainability (ESG) at the forefront
The EU Commission believes that EU based companies are gradually focused on the short-term financial benefits of shareholders rather than their long-term interests and sustainable value creation, a recent study has found. If this is indeed a fact, it runs a risk of hurting the investment capacity of firms and damage cash flow. For […]