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Don’t Throw out ESG with the Greenwashing Bath Water

Chris Hall

ESG has gone mainstream and generated a backlash because our collective definition of value creation is evolving. The recent tide of stories about greenwashing and divergent ESG ratings by financial actors have called into question the whole enterprise. ESG sceptics, it’s time to trust the process! A tale of two paradigms.

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How Tracking GHG Emissions Accelerates Value and Strengthens Companies

3BL Media

SUMMARY: James Mandel, Blackstone’s Chief Sustainability Officer, and Jake Shirmer, a Principal in Portfolio Operations, explain why tracking greenhouse gas emissions is neither greenwashing nor a compliance checkbox. Rightly understood, then, tracking GHG emissions is neither greenwashing nor a compliance checkbox. link] $BX #GHG.

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EY Survey: Investors say Companies are Cherry-Picking Reported ESG Data

ESG Today

According to the EY report, the survey’s findings of a perceived shortfall of effective corporate reporting on ESG, and the misalignments between investor and company expectations on long-term value creation and sustainable growth could impeded the ability of organizations to access capital and progress on meeting sustainability goals.

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends. Among companies, Impact Valuation as an approach to valuing a company’s impact on society has hit an inflexion point. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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Staying the Course

Chris Hall

We’ve seen greater engagement from the investment community which wants to make good decisions about long-term value creation and address systemic risk,” the PRI’s CEO David Atkin told ESG Investor. “By The risk of greenwashing has also been a growing concern.

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Credible Reporting of Sustainability Impacts Benefits all Stakeholders

Chris Hall

The GRI Standards, for multi-stakeholder applicable reporting on broad impacts, and SASB Standards, for value creation focussed disclosure for the investor-only audience. From biodiversity loss to climate change, health crises to inequality, sustainability challenges won’t be addressed without the end goal in mind.

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

Carlos Sanchez

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Climate science is clear. We need to cut greenhouse emissions rapidly in this decade to avoid the catastrophic and unpredictable effects of climate change. Offsetting is often a dangerous climate lie.