Understanding the Impact of Recent SEC Updates on 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?
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 […]
What to Expect from Digital Sustainability Training (Part 2 in our series)
What to Expect: Theory versus Practice Why devote time to take a three-day Digital Sustainability Training? You can probably take a course at a local University, or even a degree. A quick glance indicates Higher Ed is teaching about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). And, the often-huge campuses certainly have at least one course […]
How to navigate through the new regulatory landscapes for Climate Risk and ESG Disclosures
How to prepare for ESG reporting in line with new disclosure expectations from the SEC and Canadian government Accelerating ESG trends of climate metrics increases pressure on companies to plan and report accordingly. Learn how to get started developing your ESG strategy and disclosure practices. By CSE Research Team Companies acknowledge the importance of […]
Canadian securities regulators publish guidance on ESG – Do you know how to manage ESG risk?
by CSE research team In recent years, there’s been more pressure for investment managers and managers of active businesses to increase their reporting of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics in their financial and non-financial public disclosures. Regulators and legislators are implementing rules to promote this objective. Under Canadian securities legislation, there […]
EU sets a global requirement in supply chain sustainability
Business’ impacts take place throughout the entire value chain and the EU has already acknowledged this. The European Commission has set one more time high standards by becoming the first policymaker in the world to take concrete initiative for human rights and environmental violations in the supply chain. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive […]
The Sustainable Products Initiative: a renewed European approach towards product policy
The new policy framework, known as the Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI), aims to foster responsible supply chains against greenwashing. There is a worldwide demand for more efficient and sustainable products to reduce energy and resource consumption. The EU’s sustainable product policy, eco-design legislation and energy labelling are effective tools for improving the energy efficiency and […]
What CFOs should know about Climate Risks in ECB banking supervision
Integrating climate change into the financial stability framework has become part of daily central banking discussions. The Network for Greening the Financial System’s initiative, the 2021 Bank for International Settlements Green Swan Conference, The EIB Group Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025 have brought the seriousness of climate change to the attention of central banks and market […]
The race to zero carbon European Economies: why the need for Sustainability ESG Practitioners is urgent?
In these times of unprecedented economic and social disruption, decision makers are trying to reinforce the reorientation of Europe’s economic model towards Sustainability. The challenge for all corporations is to make their intentions real and turn commitments into sustainable plans and actions. Let’s get down to business As Europe is in gradually exiting […]
The future of sustainability in Australia
Australia’s carbon emissions dropped 5% in 2020, which marks a considerable progress, considering that Australia had a very poor record on emissions and sustainability after an OECD review back in 2019, which said that as one of the most carbon-intensive economies in the OECD, Australia has no national long-term strategy for lowering emissions, and despite […]