Sustainable Round Table

MAY 23, 2023

Companies, particularly those without energy procurement teams or geographically concentrated energy demand, lack a strong market signal to validate the long and often complex pathway towards enabling new capacity and risk facing criticism for greenwashing. To address this gap, Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. (SR

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) project has introduced climate spending indicators in its updated assessment framework to better inform investors on countries’ risk management.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 10, 2023

Entergy is taking additional actions on climate change while maintaining our commitment to safely providing reliable, affordable and cleaner energy for customers and communities. This report outlines our thoughtfully planned climate actions moving forward and our approach to addressing uncertainties along the way.”. Standard Format.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2022

Top of the agenda is the SEC’s proposal (the “Proposed Rule”) to standardize and make compulsory a set of climate-related financial risk disclosures for public companies, the leading point of a multi-pronged effort to stabilize the haphazardly constructed sustainable investing edifice. But these systems are simply a means to an end.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Isle’s technology consultant Sylvia Schuster explains why she believes managing the effects of climate change requires urban transformation. European cities need to transform their infrastructure if they are to meet the emerging challenges posed by the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Technology pilots. Best practice.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The ESRS, developed by EFRAG , and officially adopted by the European Commission in July, set out the rules and requirements for companies to report on sustainability-related impacts, opportunities and risks under the EU’s upcoming Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive (CSRD).

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

The London Stock Exchange has published a public consultation on the market rules for its planned voluntary carbon market, first announced at COP26 last November, which will provide access to publicly traded carbon funds focused on investing in climate mitigation projects.

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3BL Media

APRIL 8, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission has finally released its proposed climate disclosure rule with some long-awaited details and a few surprises too. If the SEC adopts the rule as proposed, a public company would need to disclose: How the board and management are governing climate-related risks. SOURCE: Workiva. With the U.S.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

CRSD will, in essence, require impacted companies to start collecting and assuring the accuracy of additional, detailed, standardised ESG data – so they digitally tag and report that data by 2025. Leveraging robust analytics to deliver actionable insights from your CRSD reporting data. Assuring that your CRSD data is audit-ready.

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B the Change

JULY 28, 2022

Businesses May Soon Face New SEC Requirements By Chelsea Hicks-Webster As the Earth warms and humans experience the negative impacts of climate change , investors and society are pressuring companies to react. to disclose: How they identify and respond to climate-related risks and opportunities. and accountable for?—?their

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Zero-emissions vehicles are essential to achieving global climate goals. But climate policy experts warn that a one-to-one shift from gas to electric cars could exacerbate other forms of social injustice. Huerta says Miocar is a play on “the Spanglish of the San Joaquin Valley” that tags the Spanish word for “mine” to the word “car.”)

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The insurance industry’s business model is breaking down as a result of climate-related catastrophic losses, according to new research , which tracks the pace of the sector’s withdrawal from fossil fuel underwriting. The post Threatening Climate for Insurance Sector appeared first on ESG Investor. Making polluters pay.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

Feedback requested for general and climate-focused disclosure drafts, which will be finalised by end of 2022. . The general sustainability and climate disclosure standards are now open to feedback until 29 July and will be finalised by the end of this year. . Connecting two pillars .

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Chris Hall

JULY 27, 2022

ESG factors, alongside other risks, have long played a part in determining an investor’s decision to channel capital into emerging markets (EMs). After all, the world’s energy and climate future hinges on decisions made across both emerging and developing economies, according to an International Energy Agency 2021 report. .

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

Funding “nowhere close” to addressing scale and scope of problem, writes Preety Bhandari, Senior Advisor, Global Climate Programme and the Finance Centre at the World Resources Institute. Addressing loss and damage is the crucial third pillar of climate action: helping people after they have experienced climate-related loss and damage.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Increased private sector funding seen as critical to acceleration of investments to meet climate change, biodiversity and land degradation targets. . The report said delaying action “was no longer an option” in light of the impacts of climate change, species extinction and land degradation. “ Mirey Atallah,?Head Head of UNEP’s?

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

Both are aligned with the EU’s Climate Transition Benchmark (CTB) standards, therefore enabling investors to reallocate capital based on the climate credentials and carbon performance of companies in the index. Vaayu , a climate tech start-up that helps retailers reduce their carbon footprint in real-time, has closed an US$11.5

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ESG Today

JULY 27, 2022

Therefore, the stick of regulation must still be waived as the carrot of climate resilience and carbon neutrality take too long for impatient investors whose performance is monitored not just quarterly but daily. In reality career risk generally clashes with objective long-term goals.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

Clear, concise and standardised corporate disclosures on climate and wider sustainability themes are essential if investors are to understand the full scope of their portfolios’ positive or negative impact on the society and environment. . “The trillion in assets. . This is exacerbated by the effects of discounting (i.e.,

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Uncertainty of claims REDD+ [Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation] helps fund projects to prevent deforestation in areas at risk of such activity. So-called uncertain credits, where risks can’t be measured easily, should be used by companies to make claims about contributions to overall mitigation goals.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As the most prevalent of the greenhouse gases (GHGs), CO2 plays an outsize role in global climate change — for example, it accounted for 81 percent of U.S. GHG emissions are what directly contribute to global temperature rise and are therefore the ultimate target of any action to combat climate change. emissions in 2018.

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Good.is: Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Citing a perfect storm of "conflict, climate change, and COVID," Beasley explained that the number of people with food insecurity doubled in the past year from 135 million to 270 million. Of that 270 million, 42 million people were considered especially critical and at risk of famine-like conditions unless provided with relief.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

To skeptics, the controversial chemical giant wasn’t exactly taking a risk: Linda Fisher had been deputy administrator of the U.S. Bush administration that took little interest in regulation or climate change. It takes time for them to see “soft” sectors such as climate regulation, diversity and community as sources of business growth.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

By The Black & Veatch Insights Group The escalating frequency and strength of hurricanes, wildfires, floods, droughts and environmental impacts offer tangible evidence that climate change is making severe weather events increasingly unpredictable and more costly. Mitigating Risk The U.S.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Years ago I read a short article on how bringing more ice to the poles could help slow down climate change. The current cap rarely exceeds 2-3 metres in thickness and is being eroded constantly as the planet succumbs to climate change. But this kind of projects – called geoengineering – is not without risk.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 8, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Companies around the world are being pressured to provide greater transparency about their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities, but the competing standards for disclosure of ESG data can often be confusing and time-consuming. SOURCE: Schneider Electric.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 28, 2022

Through this collaboration, Clermont will implement Workiva’s ESG Reporting solution to support companies in reporting climate change and human capital disclosures to accelerate carbon footprint targets, the alignment with ESG reporting frameworks, and improvement in ESG ratings. NYSE:WK) to streamline ESG reporting for clients.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At the risk of sounding cliche, be yourself. I see that in my teenage daughters and their friends; they keep hearing that the world will end, climate change will drastically impact their lives, and they’re feeling a sense of hopelessness, which is understandable. Instead of moving quickly, I focus on communicating quickly and clearly.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 26, 2023

I have two young grandchildren who face a future of climate chaos, my work focuses on the pattern of investments needed for the sustainability transition; and “gap-ology” is once again afoot in Ontario’s electricity planning. It’s a perfect storm of risk. Now it is 2023.

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Sustainable Round Table

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)’s Call for Evidence on the Effectiveness of Environmental Attribute Certificates (EACs) In September 2023, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) opened a Call for Evidence on the effectiveness of Environmental Attribute Certificates (EACs) in Corporate Climate Targets. and Canada.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The letter was written by prominent climate and biodiversity scientists from universities and organisations in top biomass sourcing countries – the U.S., The signatory scientists urge countries to stop relying on biomass given that it destroys forests, endangers wildlife, and accelerates climate change.

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Sphera

JUNE 29, 2023

Previously, the ESRS drafts defined mandatory disclosures, such as all climate-related information outlined in the ESRS E1 Climate Change standard, regardless of the materiality assessment results. Reported sustainability information must be tagged so that it is machine-readable for use in the European Single Access Point (ESAP).

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In that same period, LRQA carried out its Climate Focus study, revealing that almost all (93%) of the sustainability leaders surveyed identified at least one internal barrier to achieving environmental sustainability targets. As such, a year-round risk-based monitoring and mitigation programme is recommended.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

Last year was disappointing for anyone expecting quick action from the financial industry to address the growing climate emergency gripping the planet. banks accounted for nine of the 12 largest financiers to the fossil industry in 2021, according to Banking on Climate Chaos , a report published in 2022 by BankTrack. Canadian and U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

And that hefty price tag became more daunting when House Bill 2118 , signed into law by Democratic Gov. That exposure puts them at a higher risk of developing cancer. But transitioning from yellow to green is expensive. Ralph Northam, was left unfunded. The utility owns the bus batteries and propulsion systems.

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Jon Hale

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

End of Week Notes Advisors can do this, too Attacking the climate crisis requires concerted action from governments, but also from the private sector. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: As big as the public sector effort is across all our countries, the $100-trillion plus price tag to address climate change globally is far bigger.

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