Five things to know about certification standards
Credible certification standards and ecolabels provide a powerful foundation to deliver impactful sustainability commitments but are not immune to criticism. Therefore, layering certification with your own values and policies is essential.
Keeping pace with the rising bar of CDP
CDP are evolving to align with the latest ESG regulation. In this blog we set out the updates for 2024 and our predictions for how wider ESG trends will influence future CDP evolution, and how businesses aiming to at least maintain their CDP can prepare.
FAQs: Climate transition plans and the Transition Plan Taskforce
What is the TPT framework? Why is it important to me? How does it link with other key disclosure frameworks? Our answers to all the big questions around transition planning.
The innovation gap: How to create new opportunities through the sustainable transition
While meeting regulation is necessary, so too is looking ahead to prioritise the innovations that will matter in the ‘all change era’.
How to make materiality matter: Three ways to elevate your materiality assessment for your business in 2024
Materiality is perhaps the most talked about but least well-implemented sustainability requirement today. Clearly, having a rigorous process to guide your priorities is a crucial input to guiding an effective sustainability strategy and to robust regulatory disclosures.
Drinking from the fire hose: Are companies struggling to cope with the scale, complexity and reach of the CSRD requirements?
A consultation to gather views on the reality of CSRD implementation from the people working through it right now.
Does the world really need more materiality assessments?
With 49 000 companies preparing for the new EU sustainability reporting rules, many of them will need to undertake an ESG materiality assessment for the first time. It is time we ask the question: is it worth it?