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SustainCase newsletter – wk31, August 2022
Chances of climate catastrophe are ignored, scientists say A group of climate scientists calls worst-case scenarios such as human extinction and worldwide societal collapse a “dangerously ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk30, July 2022
Climate change: How to talk to a denier What can you do when the people closest to you believe climate change is a hoax? https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-61844299 ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk29, July 2022
Biden Concedes Defeat on Climate Bill as Manchin and Inflation Upend Agenda Rising prices, party infighting and the aftershocks from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have undercut ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk27, July 2022
Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court limited how the U.S.’s main ... -
New GRI Standard advances sustainable production on land and sea
Three sectors that produce the food and materials that are fundamental to humanity’s survival are being supported, to take accountability for their impacts, following the publication ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk26, June 2022
Oil prices edge higher ahead of G7 talks on new Russian sanctions Oil prices traded higher on Monday in a volatile session as investors waited for ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk25, June 2022
Rutgers Scientist Develops Antimicrobial, Plant-Based Food Wrap Designed to Replace Plastic Seeking to produce environmentally friendly alternatives to plastic food wrap and containers, a Rutgers scientist ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk24, June 2022
Worldwide Spending on ESG Business Services Is Forecast to Reach $158 Billion in 2025, According to IDC A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates ... -
Enabling more integrated reporting on the SDGs
The latest resource from GRI helps companies increase their focus on how they are contributing to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by using the ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk23, June 2022
Initiative launched to rank corporate climate claims using carbon offsets A consultation for a global standard to assess companies’ claims about progress towards internal climate targets ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk22, May 2022
Trump Policies Sent U.S. Tumbling in a Climate Ranking For four years under President Donald J. Trump, the United States all but stopped trying to combat climate ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk21, May 2022
Egypt on track to host next COP27 on climate change Egypt, host of the next United Nations summit on climate change, will push countries to make ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk20, May 2022
More CEOs consider sustainability to be a top challenge, study says A growing number of chief executives consider sustainability one of the biggest challenges to act ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk19, May 2022
Climate change: ‘Fifty-fifty chance’ of breaching 1.5C warming limit The likelihood of crossing a key global warming threshold has risen significantly, according to a new analysis. ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk18, May 2022
How Exposed Is Your Supply Chain to Climate Risks? Climate change is posing major challenges to supply chains. This article assesses the climate-related risks of 12,000 ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk17, April 2022
Earth Day marked by protests around the world Earth Day has been characterised by protests around the globe by, among others, climate activists. https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/earth-day-marked-by-protests-around-the-idUSRTS799Y9 Climate ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk16, April 2022
Solar energy can now be stored for up to 18 years, say scientists Solar-powered electronics are one step closer to becoming an everyday part of our ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk15, April 2022
Russia-Ukraine war worsens fertiliser crunch, risking food supplies Higher fertiliser prices are making the world’s food supply more expensive and less abundant, as farmers skimp on nutrients ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk14, April 2022
UN climate report: It’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees A new flagship UN report on climate change indicates that harmful carbon ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk13, March 2022
Climate change: ‘Madness’ to turn to fossil fuels because of Ukraine war In his first major speech on climate and energy since COP26, the UN Secretary ... -
IFRS Foundation and GRI create an interconnected approach for sustainability disclosures
The IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) Foundation and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have just announced a collaboration agreement under which their respective standard setting boards – ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk12, March 2022
The S.E.C. moves closer to enacting a sweeping climate disclosure rule The Securities and Exchange Commission has said for the first time that public companies must ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk11, March 2022
Australian court overturns ruling requiring mine approvals to weigh climate harm An Australian court on Tuesday overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the ... -
New GRI Coal Sector Standard published
This is the second of 40 planned GRI Sector Standards which will set reporting expectations on the sustainability issues that matter most. Coal has been prioritised ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk10, March 2022
In Focus: International Women’s Day This International Women’s Day, 8 March, join UN Women and the world in coming together under the theme “Gender equality today for ... -
GRI underwhelmed by the EU’s Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive
More ambition in scope and reach is needed to achieve greater impact. Following the publication of the European Commission’s proposal for the Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive, ... -
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative: Driving sustainability through collaboration
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) is a global non-profit standards setting and certification organisation which collaborates with producers, users and stakeholders in the aluminium value chain ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk9, March 2022
The environmental costs of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine As Russian forces stepped up their assault on Ukrainian cities Thursday, escalating a long-simmering conflict into a full-scale ... -
Understanding materiality can unlock accountability
With changes under way in the sustainability reporting landscape, clarity on what the scope of the various initiatives are, as determined by their approach to ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk8, February 2022
EU draft law would require firms to check suppliers for human rights, environmental ethics The European Commission will unveil on Wednesday a proposal, called Corporate Sustainability ...
