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Corporate sustainability needs ESG standards and tools
Companies are responding to climate issues, but the standards and tools for them to fully address environmental, social and governance…
What do new EU sustainability reporting rules mean for the pharmaceutical industry?
The EU's new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will start affecting companies from January 2024, including in the pharmaceutical industry.…
Calling all US climate leaders: the DoE’s Better Climate Challenge
The US Department of Energy (DoE) recently launched the first season of its Better Climate Challenge (BCC) Road Show, a…
Why climate stress tests are not fit for purpose
For decades, central banks have used stress testing to assess their resilience to various economic shocks such as a recession.…
Investor support for climate resolutions is falling – Morningstar
Investors appear to have rolled back support for climate resolutions this year, according to a preliminary analysis of 92 proposals…
Big meat’s big PR investments are blocking climate action
The meat lobby blocked the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s attempt to recommend a shift to plant-based diets, show comparisons…
Are ‘carbon neutral’ claims dead?
The EU wants rid of spurious green claims: too many of them are made with “no evidence and justification whatsoever”,…
Shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic: is ESG a redundant concept?
Ever since environmental, social and governance (ESG) became ubiquitous in corporate life, it has faced resistance from all directions. Detractors…
EU sustainability reporting standards ‘will allow greenwashing’, say NGOs
The European Commission has published its long-awaited first draft for the EU’s first sustainability reporting standards for consultation this month,…
Could too much permitting reform hurt EU renewables?
Industry has long warned that delays in permitting the construction of new renewable power projects, and delays in linking completed…