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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. We need to cut greenhouse emissions rapidly in this decade to avoid the catastrophic and unpredictable effects of climate change. Both types of projects are essential for humanity to achieve a net-zero future.

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8 Leaders at Davos 2022 Explain How Business Can Deliver on ESG Promises

3BL Media

The World Economic Forum’s Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism: Towards Common Metrics and Consistent Reporting of Sustainable Value Creation , launched in 2020, enabled businesses to track their contributions towards the SDGs on a consistent basis. This calls for greater attention to how the data underlying ESG ratings is generated.

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More Focus, More Impact 

Chris Hall

The investment community may have limited control over net zero targets, but it can enable better outcomes, says London Business School Executive Fellow Tom Gosling. Asset owners are really naive around policy lobbying and should get much smarter about how they support political change. And in that, he includes asset owners.

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3 Guiding Pillars for Companies Looking to Create an Effective Climate Transition Plan

3BL Media

Nasdaq, along with a broad range of stakeholders, is helping to provide suggested steps towards climate progress and transparency. At last year’s COP26 climate conference, the U.K. government released a requirement for all listed companies, asset managers and regulated asset owners to publish climate transition plans by 2030.

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From Ambition to Delivery

Chris Hall

While pushing for public policy action in support of COP26 commitments, private sector actors must accelerate their low carbon transition, say experts. In the wake of COP26, it falls on many shoulders to implement and operationalise the rhetoric of Glasgow. Time for action. A carbon price is key,” he said.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

A court forced Shell to reduce emissions, an activist investor forced ExxonMobil to replace three board members better suited to fight climate change, and Chevron shareholders voted against their board to achieve faster-cut carbon emissions. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition.

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Guest Post: 3 Guiding Pillars for Companies Looking to Create an Effective Climate Transition Plan

ESG Today

With continued calls from numerous stakeholders and the evolving regulatory environment, companies have a sizeable opportunity to create and implement effective climate transition plans. At last year’s COP26 climate conference, the U.K. Illuminate Climate Risks. Meanwhile, the U.N.’s