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Improving ESG performance by advancing toward net-zero

Improving ESG performance by advancing toward net-zero

Achieving net zero targets across a company’s value chain is one of the most important ESG-related ambitions. If world leaders want to have a chance of achieving the Paris goal, the world needs to limit the carbon emissions so the level of greenhouse gases does not rise any further after 2050.   The number of […]

Climate Disclosures: What to expect in 2022

Climate Disclosures: What to expect in 2022

By Nikos Avlonas, founder and President of CSE Disclosure-focused regulatory activity in the US has accelerated and the Securities and Exchange Commission is intent on increasing mandatory disclosures on climate-related matters. Mandatory and consistent disclosure will enable companies to gain competitive advantage, ensure a better reputation, get ahead of regulatory changes and identify the investors’ […]

GRI backs the EU sustainability reporting and CSRD

GRI backs the EU sustainability reporting and CSRD

The NFRD can no longer satisfy the goals and ambitions of the European Commission on sustainability reporting. The adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will gradually replace the NFRD, aiming to raise the bar for corporate accountability and transparency in Europe. The first set of standards will be adopted by October 2022 and […]

ESG challenges for C-Suite Executives in 2022

ESG challenges for C-Suite Executives in 2022

ESG will remain a massive topic in 2022 and will be increasingly important for businesses, individuals, and legislators. The top ESG challenges for business leaders in 2022: Disclosures become more standardized, more expected, and more mandated: Reporting requirements like TCFD are bringing ESG reporting to the board’s attention and, as a result, magnifying focus on […]

CSE’s Nikos Avlonas Named to 2021 Environment+Energy Leader 100 Honoree List

CSE’s Nikos Avlonas Named to 2021 Environment+Energy Leader 100 Honoree List

  Chicago, Illinois, December 14, 2021: The Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) is proud to announce that its Founder and President Nikos Avlonas has been named to the 2021 Environment+Energy Leader 100, an annual list that celebrates the achievements of environment and energy “doers” in the fields of commercial and industrial environment and energy […]

The Sustainable Products Initiative: a renewed European approach towards product policy

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 companies need to know about the new SBTi’s Net Zero Standard

What companies need to know about the new SBTi’s Net Zero Standard

A few days before the COP26, the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) launched the world’s first Net-Zero Corporate Standard. The concept of ‘Net Zero’ has gained increasing popularity, leading to inconsistent approaches. This is the first science-based certification of companies’ net-zero targets in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals, by providing a unified framework to […]

The most important decisions taken in COP26 and how they affect corporations

The most important decisions taken in COP26 and how they affect corporations

Two weeks of negotiations are finally over and COP26 has left a crystal-clear message to businesses: it’s time to reassess your business strategies and carbon footprint, if you want to reap monetary rewards. Climate stability is not viable only in political terms. It’s the business world’s turn now to fix climate crisis.   Which of […]

Leading car manufacturers committed to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles by 2040

Leading car manufacturers committed to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles by 2040

The era of fossil-fuels is reaching its end as 30 countries committed to phase out fossil-fuel powered vehicles by 2040. This is a new landmark global agreement set at Cop26, having a major impact on companies not only in the automotive industry, but generally in the energy sector.   At least six major automakers agreed […]