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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientific Meeting Focuses on Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability to Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, has begun a two-week meeting to consider a report ...

By Eelco van der Enden, CEO of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Last month saw the annual letter to CEOs from BlackRock’s Larry Fink land in our inboxes. ...

Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022 The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, conducted by NewClimate Institute in collaboration with Carbon Market Watch, assesses the climate strategies of 25 major global ...

Climate change: Key crops face major shifts as world warms The parts of the world suitable for growing coffee, cashews and avocados will change dramatically as ...

Harvard professor Michael Porter and Mark R. Kramer argue that the capitalist system is, under siege. Business is increasingly viewed as a major cause of social, ...

Is the ESG disclosure landscape congested? Are sustainability reporting plans by the EU and IFRS competing or do they serve different purposes? What’s GRI’s vision for ...

EXCLUSIVE Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi to unveil 2030 EV plan this week Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co and Mitsubishi Motors Corp plan to triple their investment to ...

Deciding which metrics to use when reporting on sustainability performance can be overwhelming. Some companies report only their greenhouse gas emissions while others publish glossy reports ...

Plastic crisis needs binding treaty, report says Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report by ...

A new study shows that four-in-five companies assessed now include a commitment in their sustainability reports to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but fewer than half ...