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CDP Adds Reporting on Plastic-Related Impact and Risks to Disclosure System

ESG Today

Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP announced the launch of the ability for companies to report on plastic-related impacts, following demand from investors for more information on companies’ plastic-related risk and exposure.

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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

But 40% of the reductions came from divesting, or selling off, dirty assets, which from the atmosphere’s perspective is akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Source: Corporate Knights, CDP Note: percentages for “How GHG reductions were achieved” may not add up to 100% due to rounding. dollars) through 2030.

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Current State of Water Stewardship Practices: Top 5 Questions Answered

3BL Media

The CDP Global Water Report (2020) informs us that, when it comes to water security, “The cost of inaction is five times the cost of action.”. CDP and Planet Tracker’s High and Dry: How Water Issues Are Stranding Assets , May 2022 report recognizes that “Water risk is already stranding assets across major sectors of the global economy.”.

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$10 Trillion Investor Group Urges Consumer Goods Companies, Retailers to Reduce Plastic Use

ESG Today

Last month, environmental disclosure platform CDP announced the launch of the ability for companies to report on plastic-related impacts, citing a request from more than 740 investors with US$136 trillion in assets for the disclosure. Many jurisdictions have also recently introduced laws banning the use of single-use plastics.

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Trends & Opportunities with Standardizing ESG Disclosures in Real Estate

3BL Media

The group brings together frameworks that are referencing or building on the GHG protocol, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), CDP, Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

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Water Risks a “Substantive” Threat to Corporate Value

Chris Hall

Environmental disclosure platform CDP has identified potential value at risk of US$225 billion related to water risk exposure among listed equities. Water insecurity can affect current outputs and constrain future growth in the private sector, said CDP. Water risk factors and stranded assets.

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. Republic Services is on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies list and CDP Worldwide’s Climate A List.