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

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 […]
How ESG influence profitability and transparency in FT 500 companies

CSE Research explores why ‘doing business as usual’ is no longer a valid option and the shift to ‘doing business in a sustainable way’ is the only way that will secure companies’ trust and access to financing. For the 6th consecutive year, the Center for Sustainability and Excellence is proud to announce the unique […]
The UK’s Current ESG Reporting Landscape

ESG Reporting Standards in the UK are changing rapidly. How and why should your company keep up? The UK has begun gaining momentum towards a refinement of their ESG reporting regulations. The UK reporting landscape is diverse yet interconnected, constantly growing and changing. Because of this, there is no comprehensive, overarching reporting framework. Company […]
Nikos Avlonas discusses Greenwashing at the Environmental Transformation Podcast

“Greenwashing; What is it and how to spot it “ We are excited that Nikos Avlonas, CEO of CSE was hosted at the Environmental Transformation Podcast by Sean Grady to discuss hot topics, such as Greenwashing, what type of Reputational Risk is there for companies caught up in Greenwashing, who is responsible for properly […]
CSE at the United Nations headquarters in NYC

CSE’s President Nikos Avlonas participated as speaker at the 5th Annual United in Sustainability Summit, which took place on November 14th 2022 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where several Credit Unions were present. Nikos spoke at a panel of experts where he presented the key findings from CSE’s new Annual […]
CSE Executive Sustainability ESG Training: CSE on Its Way to Change the Planet

CSE is proud to announce that its Advanced Certified Sustainability (ESG) Practitioner Program, Digital Edition (2022) which took place in September 2022, was again sold out, with C-suite, SVPs, VPs, senior directors and managers in field of Sustainability ESG trusting it for their professional education. CSE was set to innovate leadership and create a global […]
Companies committing to net-zero emissions hit new record

Businesses across all sectors of the global economy play a crucial role in reducing their environmental impact and accelerating the path to net zero. As pressure on companies to act on climate change rises, more and more companies are setting ambitious emissions reduction targets, supported by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). According to […]
ESG: a top priority for CFOs

Question to CFOs: do you feel equipped to report on ESG performance? The way a company performs on ESG issues has become critical as more investors demand ESG reports. CFOs are not just financial leaders. When it comes to translation of financial results, metrics and KPIs, they have the best perspective for reporting to investors. […]