Sep
26
New guidance for companies to apply ISSB standards voluntarily
Investors have urged companies to adopt ISSB standards for climate disclosures.
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Melodie Michel
Melodie is chief reporter at CSO Futures. After writing about finance and trade for more than a decade, she completed a master's degree in CSR to hone her skills as a sustainability journalist.
Sep
26
IKEA’s Global Director of Climate and Nature on moving from the ‘why’ to the ‘how’
“If we keep talking about the problem for much longer, it's going to be too late.”
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Sep
25
British Airways signs £9mn worth of carbon removal and CCUS deals
"There is no pathway to net zero for aviation without carbon removals.”
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Sep
25
New corporate coalition seeks to procure 24/7 local carbon-free electricity
"Location-based matching gives a clear demand signal to show where more carbon-free electricity is needed."
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Sep
24
Amazon, H&M, Walmart in US$180mn forest carbon credit deal with Brazil government
The deal reflects the growing confidence companies and state actors are placing in jurisdictional forest projects.
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Sep
24
New taskforce launched to help firms report on human sustainability
"We have seen how high-quality disclosures can make climate change an important part of financial decision making. We need to do the same for inequality and social issues."
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Sep
24
DSM-firmenich, IKEA, Unilever and others praised for climate policy engagement
Unilever CSO Rebecca Marmot warned trade associations last March that the firm could withdraw membership if climate positions are not reviewed.
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Sep
24
Why scientists want CSOs to adopt a ‘planetary health’ approach to sustainability
"The only chance of staying within 1.5ºC on climate is if we take a whole-Earth approach – with a window of just five years to change course."
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Sep
23
UN adopts Pact for the Future urging ‘transition away from fossil fuels’
A previous draft, released last July, had dropped all mentions of fossil fuels.
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Sep
23
Firms call on world leaders to accelerate wind and solar development
Renewable energy should be deployed three times faster than current rates to ensure a 1.5ºC future.
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