ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2023

Johnson added: “The strategy is right to say that reliable, transparent information is vital to align the financial sector with the UK’s climate commitments.

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2022

COP26 kept sustainability at the top of every executive’s agenda, while social movements and supply chain challenges forced a dramatic rethink. There is still a lack of trust regarding organisations’ ESG claims and a perception that companies are guilty of greenwashing or only reporting on positive progress.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Energy Transitions Commission , a coalition of businesses and nongovernmental organizations, calculated that if the commitments made at COP26 are delivered, it will cut the gap between today and the 1.5 The international financial community formed a broad alliance of firms committed to net zero, attracting accusations of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

Asset owners might be forgiven for greeting with caution the arrival of another reporting framework promising a “comprehensive global baseline of sustainability-related disclosure standards” to help inform their investment strategies. Unveiled at COP26 and consolidating the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) and?

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Risk of greenwashing. This information is crucial in light of the estimated US$130 trillion of private sector funding pledged to achieve 2050 net zero GHG emissions targets. Third, information underpinning ratings and data products should be reliable and accurate. Fostering confidence.

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Martin Brown

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

If you have seen the beautiful Anti-Greenwash Playbook that Content Comms launched at COP26 then you will be aware of the ability that these small books have to open conversations. More information: Regen/ Notes 32 – read, like and subscribe.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Getting any advice is difficult as carbon consultants are busy post COP26 and we, like many businesses nationwide, have limited in-house capacity to do it ourselves – although we’re making changes there! Since COP26, prices have skyrocketed, so buying as much as possible in advance is advised. People always want choice.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2022

Secondly, you need information every year about ESG topics that is both consistent with the issuers’ annual financial accounts and, also, subject to an independent checking or review process,” said Martin Moloney, IOSCO’s Secretary General. Avoiding greenwashing. Carbon market review.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

The postponed COP26 summit held in Glasgow in November was widely billed as a moment of reckoning; the world’s last chance to set out serious plans to deliver the global commitment to keep temperature rises to 1.5°C. Yet COP26 came and went without the detailed action plans required. Concerns over corporate greenwash are widespread.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

Investors interested in increasing the sustainability of their investments can compare the commitments made by different companies across markets and industries, to reach an informed opinion on their comparative climate ambition. However, this is only one side of the story.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As discussions about ESG become more and more polarized—while progressive politicians push for aggressive regulations, billionaires like Elon Musk call it a “scam” and nonprofits accuse businesses of greenwashing—leaving consumers increasingly confused.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As other countries consider mandatory transition plans, this work could inform similar regulatory approaches around the world.” . The disclosure framework document then outlines the specific information needed under each sub-element. . It is currently unclear when transition plans will become mandatory. . Building blocks .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As other countries consider mandatory transition plans, this work could inform similar regulatory approaches around the world.” . The disclosure framework document then outlines the specific information needed under each sub-element. . It is currently unclear when transition plans will become mandatory. . Building blocks .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

Regulators around the world are considering increasing their scrutiny of companies’ emissions-reduction claims in a bid to dispel greenwashing concerns. . The new code aims to provide the information needed to scrutinise carbon credit claims and ensure they are underpinned by science-led action. .

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. The rise in ESG investment has contributed to an increasing demand for quality and comprehensive non-financial information disclosures. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends.

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B the Change

JUNE 22, 2022

including many following the recent COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow?—?has We cannot afford slow movers, fake movers, or any form of greenwashing.” has also increased leverage for companies’ climate transition plans. So h ow can B Lab play its role in this race against time?

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The aims of the UN’s Climate Action Pathway for Finance , published in advance of COP26 last year, are nothing if not ambitious. At COP26, the UK government committed to working towards mandatory TCFD-aligned disclosure obligations across the UK economy by 2025. Increasing impact.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The UK initially committed to introduce mandatory disclosure of transition plans from financial institutions and listed companies during the COP26, resulting in the formation of the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) in 2021.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Sustainability reporting provides the information the markets need to make good investments, finance the transition and track progress. There has been significant development on reporting standards since COP26. This means disclosing opportunities and risks.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

Sceptics remain unconvinced , their reservations over financial institutions’ commitments reinforced by news of further regulatory crackdowns on greenwashing, this time at Goldman Sachs , accused of overstating the credentials of its green funds.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Furthermore, expansion to new sectors, faster cuts of the supply of allowances and other climate policies like EU’s fit-for-55 or COP26 adoption of Article 6 are pushing prices up. Besides, a third of the respondents consider offsetting as pure greenwashing. Offsetting is often hypocrisy, and it is swirling around at #COP26.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2022

Notably, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) – launched at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021 – has been tasked with developing a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures for the world’s capital markets. China requires key polluting companies and subsidiaries to publish environmental information.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

While progress was uneven, it was achieved against a radically changing geopolitical backdrop, and reinforced by moves in the US to mandate climate risk disclosures by corporates and discourage greenwashing by fund providers. COP26 revisited. It might not be perfect, but perhaps we should not expect it to be. Beyond disclosure.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

However, as we are all becoming better informed we will begin to refuse to accept poor net zero plans. It does not look as though the IATA plan squares with COP26 commitments to limit deforestation, especially given the refusal of the Indonesian government to fully support the pledge to halt deforestation by 2030. Biting the bullet.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 5, 2023

The TCFD’s aim is to provide financial institutions, investors and other stakeholders with consistent, reliable, and comparable information about the financial risks and opportunities associated with climate change.

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Carlos Sanchez

APRIL 28, 2021

Moreover, if your company doesn’t share material information, rating agencies will penalize you and trillions in global institutional and retail capital will flow away from your firm. As a result, disparate information may be reported across companies in the same sector. Avoid over-reporting on non-material information.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Segal has been instrumental in informing the detail of CAFA which – if passed – would require all federally-regulated financial institutions to have credible plans to meet Canada’s climate commitments. C, clarifying fiduciary duty, and strengthening advertising rules to deter greenwashing. It misses the bigger picture.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 16, 2023

There are disappointments, such as the perceived failure of the UK’s leadership of 2021’s COP26 and the taxonomy delay. Alongside disclosure from corporates, the UK is also working on disclosure from the financial sector on sustainability which will feed into a labelling system for funds in a bid to combat greenwashing. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The UN High-Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities issued its recommendations for eliminating ‘greenwashing’ from net zero pledges, which emphasised the need for “significant near- and medium- emission reductions” in 2050 decarbonisation plans. .

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Yeah, and I think that’s another thing like consumers and individuals also feel so powerless but the thing is, is like these companies are so scared, especially of young people like even the term greenwashing, this year is the first time I’ve ever even heard companies be like, oh, we don’t want to be accused of that. SOPHIA LI: Hmm.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 23, 2024

As climate science advanced, oil companies and trade associations went to every length to undermine it, from running full-page advertorials in The New York Times by front groups like the Informed Citizens for the Environment in the 1980s, to using climate-branded lobby groups to stop the U.S. from ratifying the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Finally, we had the Conference of the parties COP26, where countries and businesses increased their climate ambition. The monetization of externalities informs the management in a language they speak. The rise in ESG investment has increased investors’ demand for quality and comprehensive non-financial information disclosures.

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 14, 2022

At the most recent climate talks (COP26) Ukraine announced that it was joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance promising to phase out coal by 2035. Putin is Losing the Information War. Putin is erecting an information curtain to shield his citizens from the truth, but this cuts both ways. Ukraine delivered more than promises.

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