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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

2021 was an uncommon and tough year due to COVID19 guiding our lives. In this article, I’ll summarise key sustainability events defining 2021 and then present four sustainable ESG trends that will settle companies’ environment in 2022. 2021 Sustainability Summary. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition.

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How Green Methanol Can Help Decarbonize the Chemical Industry

Sphera

Decarbonization progress has not kept pace to achieve targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement, and last November, at COP26 in Glasgow, nations pledged to adjust their CO2 emissions targets by 2030 in an effort to realign with the goal of net zero by 2050. Methanol as a Cornerstone of Decarbonization.

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Two Pillars for a Sustainable Dialogue

Chris Hall

When I attended COP26 (Glasgow) in 2021, the momentum had increased, and I could see that the UN’s Race to Zero was gaining traction.” The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) was formed at COP25, with the Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and umbrella group GFANZ all formed during COP26.

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More Focus, More Impact 

Chris Hall

In 2021, we did a year-long project and developed a paper called ‘What does stakeholder capitalism mean for investors ?’,” Building on a long-held interest in the impact of climate change on the financial sector, Gosling has conducted much work in the area, including joint research with the UK Investment Forum. “In

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Furthermore, expansion to new sectors, faster cuts of the supply of allowances and other climate policies like EU’s fit-for-55 or COP26 adoption of Article 6 are pushing prices up. As an example, EU ETS reached in November 2021 an all-time spike of 66€/ton of CO2. In 2021, carbon reduction offsets cost was on average $1.7/tonne

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ISSB’s First Sustainability Reporting Standards Target Granularity

Chris Hall

Launched in November 2021 at COP26, the ISSB aims to provide a baseline for corporate sustainability disclosures that are compatible with jurisdiction-specific requirements, giving investors access to consistent and comparable decision-useful information globally.

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A Step in the Right Direction

Chris Hall

The formation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), announced at the COP26 climate change conference, is a pivotal moment in the drive towards standardised ESG reporting. The EU has already proposed the creation of a separate set of sustainability standards, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Standards (CSRD).

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