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Three Reasons Why Tackling Deforestation Is a Business Priority in 2022 and How to Prepare

3BL Media

The most recent UN climate conference, COP26, highlighted the role of forests and agriculture in ways we have not seen before. COP26 saw over 30 major financial institutions announce their intentions to eliminate the leading sources of commodity-driven deforestation from their portfolios.

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At COP27, Investors, Companies, and Policymakers Must Accelerate Urgent Action on the Climate and Water Crises To Cut Emissions in Half by 2030

3BL Media

Ceres, along with its partners, will call on investors, companies, and policymakers to build on the progress since COP26 and turn commitments into even more ambitious actions and implement bold policies in line with the scientific need to limit average temperature rise to no more than 1.5°C. November 3, 2022 /3BL Media/ - ?

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UNFCCC on the Edge  

Chris Hall

Amir Sokolowski, Global Director for Climate Change at CDP, says the NZDPU was launched to harmonise basic data points with the RAF and GCAP created to harmonise methodology for pieces of data such as carbon emission – kickstarting a theory of change.

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Banking on Change: Reducing Emissions in Financial Services

Chris Hall

At COP26, institutions managing more than US$130 trillion in assets committed to reaching a state of net zero before 2050. A 2021 report showed that fewer than half of financial institutions disclosing their emissions through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) have taken action to align their portfolios with a well below 2°C world.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

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. Finally, we had the Conference of the parties COP26, where countries and businesses increased their climate ambition. 2021 Sustainability Summary.

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Reflections on seven years as We Mean Business Chair

We Mean Business Coalition

Leaders from the seven Coalition partners, BSR, CDP, Ceres, Climate Group, CLG Europe, The B-Team and WBCSD came together to ensure the voice of forward-looking businesses were clearly heard at COP21 in Paris and that we raised the bar for corporate climate action.

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ESG ratings – Learn smart ways to stand out in a wild Zoo

Carlos Sanchez

Examples of ESG ratings and rankings are Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), MSCI , CDP , Sustainalytics or Ecovadis. In particular, companies with high ESG ratings should present lower risks. Announcement of the new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) during COP26.