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VCM Code of Practice Launches, with Google, Unilever and Hitachi on Board

Chris Hall

The targets used are those of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the international emissions accounting tool which separates emissions into Scopes 1, 2 and 3, ranging from direct emissions from owned sources through to indirect emissions throughout a company’s value chain. .

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7 Companies Leading the Net Zero Energy Revolution

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Last year marked a global shift in corporations adopting low-carbon and net-zero pledges as experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference , COP26, declared that the climate crisis is at a critical inflection point. SOURCE: Antea Group. C commitment and 7,126 companies have joined the Race to Zero.

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Get ready, Corporate America: The carbon disclosure mandates are coming

GreenBiz

There is real momentum behind the IFRS Foundation’s move to develop international "sustainability reporting" standards. With the slow pace of standards development, companies are facing uncertainty about what information to collect. Corporate compliance officers will be up late scrambling to develop their carbon disclosure strategy.

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Will new global standard for corporate sustainability reporting corral wild west of ESG?

Corporate Knights

A breakthrough happened about 18 months ago at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow when the IFRS Foundation agreed to form the ISSB and establish a single sustainability reporting framework. The ISSB standard comprises two separate standards – S1, Sustainability and S2, Climate – although additional themes are under development.