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Why More UK Firms Should Appoint Chief Sustainability Officers - Written by Acre's Marie Cloherty for Green Business

3BL Media

Acre's Marie Cloherty, Director of Sustainable Business unpacks the myriad benefits Chief Sustainability Officers can bring to large businesses in her latest article for Business Green. It is only in the last few years that a board-level representation of sustainability has become an expectation within a modern business.

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Four ways we can prepare tomorrow's workers for green jobs

Corporate Knights

To meet today’s global sustainability challenges, the corporate world needs more than a few chief sustainability officers – it needs an army of employees , in all areas of business, thinking about sustainability in their decisions every day. Closing the gap.

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Q2 Service Leader Comment: “Ambassadors to Reality”

Sustainable Round Table

Additionally, the SEC climate disclosure rule expected this fall will dramatically increase the number of firms required to report; creating a tsunami of new sustainability professionals. This is after the number of super empowered Chief Sustainability Officers (CSO) already tripled in 2021, according to a PWC study.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: CFA Institute launches climate investing certification; BlackRock invests $550 million in carbon capture project; CDP to align with European sustainability reporting standards; KKR raises nearly $3 billion for impact fund; France bans fossil fuel companies from responsible investment funds; GRI, IFRS launch hub to help companies (..)

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Guest Post: Public Sector Progress on the Path to Sustainability

ESG Today

1] Over the past few years many government agencies — at the federal, state and local levels — have raised sustainability higher on the list of their priorities. Many have hired sustainability professionals, established sustainability offices, and some have even developed sustainability strategies and targets.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

She passed a Zero Carbon Bill during her first term that mandates net-zero emissions by 2050 and campaigned on tougher action this term. . Amid that soul searching, one of the largest law partnerships in the world, Baker McKenzie, named its first chief sustainability officer, Alyssa Auberger.