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Who are net-zero leaders and laggards in food?

GreenBiz

There’s no single definition of "doing enough" on climate, but a couple of actions are generally regarded as essential. The most common solution is to answer the annual surveys from CDP, the nonprofit formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project. . Here’s what I looked for and what I found. Courtesy of. Close Authorship.

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Can we finally standardize ESG standards?

GreenBiz

Consolidated ESG standards: Recently, four leading ESG standards organizations — GRI, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB); CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project); the Carbon Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB); and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) — declared their intent to collaborate.

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The 33 sustainability certifications you need to know

GreenBiz

In September, five of the leading reporting groups (CDP, CDSB, GRI, IIRC and SASB) issued a statement of intent to work together to create a comprehensive global corporate reporting system and a mere two months later, IIRC and SASB announced an intent to merge to become the Value Reporting Foundation. .

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GRI and SASB are collaborating. Is that good news for companies?

GreenBiz

For years, corporate reporters — those inside companies responsible for creating sustainability reports and reporting environmental, social and governance data to various other organizations — have been frustrated by what many refer to as an alphabet soup of standards and frameworks: CDP, GRI, IIRC, PRI, SASB, TCFD, UNGC and more.

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CDP Calls for G20 Mandatory Nature Disclosures

Chris Hall

Ahead of this weekend’s Group of 20 (G20) meeting in New Delhi, global non-profit disclosure platform CDP has called on members to follow through on COP15 commitments with the introduction of mandatory nature-related disclosure policies. At the Kunming-Montreal COP15, 193 countries pledged to adopt the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

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Fifth Third Publishes Second Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report

3BL Media

Fifth Third maintains a Climate Leadership score of A- from CDP for its efforts and disclosures related to climate change. The Company’s A- score placed Fifth Third in the top quartile of CDP’s Financial Services Activity Group. Fifth Third is a leader in financing renewable energy projects across the country with over $7.3

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What Companies Should Know About the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule

3BL Media

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Attestation : The attestation must be provided by an independent third party that meets the proposed definition of an expert with significant experience measuring, analyzing, reporting, or attesting to GHG emissions. emissions from waste generated during operations).