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Better data is the key to meeting ESG standards

Sustainability Matters

Despite many Australian organisations committing resolutely to new ESG standards, they face hurdles in achieving their objectives due to data challenges within the supply chain, which can inadvertently lead to unintended greenwashing. This enables management to obtain a holistic view.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

C threshold (above pre-industrial levels) stipulated in the Paris Agreement. Were the sustainability measures and corporate social responsibility offices at VW simply engaged in greenwashing? It uses a proprietary drone system to automate the task of inspecting wind turbine blades and providing related analytics.

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SFDR II Must Deliver “Simplicity”

Chris Hall

“Ever since SFDR was introduced, there has been the demand for more clarity and legal certainty.” Speaking to ESG Investor , Hortense Bioy, Global Director of Sustainability Research at data and analytics provider Morningstar, agreed that investors want “clarity, simplicity, and minimum safeguards”. billion over the past three months.

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Keeping on the Straight and Narrow

Chris Hall

Investors and policymakers want to know what those targets actually mean,” says Jaakko Kooroshy, Global Head of Sustainable Research at global index, data and analytics provider FTSE Russell. C of global warming promised by signatories of the Paris Agreement. . How committed are companies to achieving these targets?

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How climate risk disclosure became a battleground for the clean economy

Corporate Knights

But the lack of common standards and real accountability has created uncertainty and enabled greenwashing. The shift began with the Paris Agreement in 2015, when the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was created. Mandatory climate-risk disclosure is short on cheerleaders.

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The war of words over climate change

Corporate Knights

Thats Sergio Velasquez-Rose, head of strategy, insights and analytics at the Potential Energy Coalition, a non-profit, non-partisan alliance of marketing agencies trying to shift the conversation on climate change. Most people dont know about the Paris Agreement, let alone the significance of 1.5C.

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No Gold Rush for Europe’s Green Bonds

Chris Hall

Kenneth Lamont, Senior Researcher at data and analytics firm Morningstar, acknowledges EUGBS is another milestone on the road towards the formalisation of sustainable investing in Europe. While the intention of the EUGBS is to improve standards and reduce the risk of greenwashing is admirable, the reality is its limited scope, he adds.