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ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

3BL Media

General sustainability definitions Climate risk Two types of climate risks exist, transition risks and physical risks. Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) The CDP is a self-reported survey that measures corporate and city action on climate change and forest/water security. Let’s get into it.

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Can we finally standardize ESG standards?

GreenBiz

Consolidated ESG standards: Recently, four leading ESG standards organizations — GRI, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB); CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project); the Carbon Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB); and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) — declared their intent to collaborate.

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The 33 sustainability certifications you need to know

GreenBiz

The organizations that comprise the infamous alphabet soup of reporting frameworks and standards each provide their own approach to the reporting of sustainable value creation and disclosure of climate-related risks, which makes deciding what reporting-related certification to pursue incredibly difficult.

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From Ambition to Delivery

Chris Hall

Paul Dickinson, Founder and Chair of CDP, the global climate disclosure platform, believes carbon prices are essential to tackling climate change since, without that price, accounting for carbon emissions becomes an excessively complex exercise. “The

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A Dignity First Corporate Demand for Climate Action

Sustainable Round Table

Indeed, I am persuaded that centering the magnification of the dignity of all stakeholders involved in value creation as the purpose of leadership – at every level – is the breakthrough paradigm change for the 21st century. CDP, “New report shows just 100 companies are source of over 70% of emissions,” July 10, 2017.

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Dignity First Climate Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

She makes an important contribution to that through her persuasive arguments and case studies, encouraging business leaders to move beyond a prioritization of short-term shareholder interest to shared purpose-driven, multi-stakeholder, long-term value creation.