The CDP’s Stories of Change in 2022
It’s now or never if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC). In a year where extreme weather events across the globe competed for headlines with such dramatic findings as...
5 Environmentally Sustainable Work Practices
Extend your environmental stewardship by encouraging green practices at work. How can your company serve as a shining example and lead toward environmental sustainability? At Benchmark Gensuite®, we provide ESG software and sustainability solutions that help our users engage in...
The End of Spreadsheet-Driven ESG Data Management
Companies are under significant and mounting pressure from investors, regulators, and other stakeholders to collect, use, and disclose “investment grade” enterprise ESG performance data. Fortunately, findings from a recent survey conducted by the McNees Group, a boutique enterprise ESG performance...
What is the “G” in ESG? Best Practices for Governance Digitization: Reflections from Benchmark’s Annual Customer Conference
Governance is a critical pillar of ESG initiatives, yet many organizations are left wondering what exactly the “G” stands for and how to incorporate it into their strategies. Governance covers a wide variety of subjects including corporate leadership, codes of...
Remembering the ‘S’ in ESG: Reflections from Benchmark’s Annual Customer Conference
With the ‘E’ in ESG often getting so much of the spotlight, especially in the wake of the recent proposed SEC mandates regarding Scope 3 emissions, we were grateful that this May’s 2022 Benchmark Gensuite® Impact Conference gave us an...
Embracing Quality & Operational Programs: Reflections from Benchmark’s Annual Customer Conference
When working across multiple operational facilities and cross-functional teams, manual reporting of potential nonconformities, customer complaints, and issue investigation makes it exceedingly difficult to track, follow up on, and resolve quality issues. This roadblock and its welcomed solutions were discussed...
Benchmark Gensuite®’s Public Comment to European Financial Reporting Advisory Group’s Request for Public Consultation on the First Draft Set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards
August 8, 2022 ATTN: Secretary Vanessa Countryman U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street NE Washington, D.C. 20549-1090 ATTN: Mairead McGuinnessCommissioner for Financial Services,Financial Stability and Capital Markets UnionEuropean Commission CC: Sven GentnerHead of Unit DG FISMA, Corporate reporting,Audit...
Advancing Quality & Operations Programs With Cloud-Based Platforms: Reflections from Benchmark’s Annual Customer Conference Part II
Business executives can achieve otherwise unattainable cost-savings, regulatory risk mitigation, and operational resilience outcomes by leveraging dedicated, cloud-supported digital platforms to advance their operational data collection, collation, analysis, storage, retrieval, and reporting processes—regardless of the functional area where these solutions...
Driving Impact With Disclosure Director: Reflections From Benchmark’s Annual Customer Conference
At the 2022 Benchmark Gensuite® Impact Conference earlier this year, we had the opportunity to hear from our subscribers; a chance to learn from their successes, examine their challenges, answer their questions, and otherwise elevate best practices in Environmental, Social,...
Where ESG Standards and Regulations Are Now—And Where They’re Going
The current economic state and recent regulatory priorities mean fully engaging with a rapidly evolving ESG landscape has become a necessary, if challenging, charge for all corporations. The SEC’s recently proposed rule on Scope 3 emissions reporting has only reaffirmed...
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