Tag: commitment to sustainability
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
What are human rights and how does business impact them?
Businesses, regardless of their size, sector, operational context, ownership, or structure, can impact human rights wherever and however they operate. Their impacts can be both positive ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk7, February 2022
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 ... -
The case for impact-focused reporting is as clear as black-and-white
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. ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk6, February 2022
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 ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk5, February 2022
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 ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk4, January 2022
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 ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk3, January 2022
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 ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk2, January 2022
Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling Anchorage, Alaska, 10 January: The Biden administration announced on Monday that it is going to ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk1, January 2022
German government split over EU plans to label gas as sustainable Germany’s new government has criticised European Commission’s proposal to classify nuclear energy as a sustainable ... -
What is to come for sustainability reporting in 2022?
As 2021 draws to a close, Eric Hespenheide, GRI’s Interim CEO, explores how global sustainability reporting evolved in 2021. He also looks ahead to what the ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk51, December 2021
World Future Energy Summit 2022 focuses on business with the energy of the future and sustainability Abu Dhabi, 20 December: The World Future Energy Summit will ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk50, December 2021
The exact link between tornadoes and climate change is hard to draw. Here’s why Scientists know that warm weather is a key ingredient in tornadoes and ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk49, December 2021
2021’s weather disasters brought home the reality of climate change From punishing heat in North America to record-breaking floods in Europe and Asia, this year’s weather ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk48, November 2021
Amazon’s Black Friday greeted by climate activists, strikes in Europe Climate activists targeted 15 Amazon depots across Europe on “Black Friday”, with the world’s biggest e-commerce ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk47, November 2021
Sustainability and environment leaders offer actionable takeaways to realise climate-positive targets The AVEVA PI World conference, part of a series of AVEVA initiatives to support an ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk46, November 2021
Here’s what world leaders agreed to — and what they didn’t — at the U.N. climate summit World leaders signed off on a new climate change agreement ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk45, November 2021
‘The power is in us, not the leaders’: Meet the youth activists fighting for climate action at COP26 As world leaders met in Glasgow for the ... -
SustainCase newsletter – wk44, November 2021
COP26: The issues that stand in the way of progress World leaders meet in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit, to make ambitious cuts in warming ... -
An interview with Professor Venancio Tauringana
Simon Pitsillides (SustainCase Editor): Interview with Professor Venancio Tauringana S.P.: Professor Tauringana, you have helped 105 Ugandan companies produce sustainability reports. This is a tremendous ...
