Rapid Reaction: The U.S. SEC’s Proposal for Mandatory Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure Rules
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposal for mandatory corporate climate risk disclosure rules, announced this week, should create a tectonic shift in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) information ecosystem. For years, companies, investors, and policymakers have decried...
Your ESG Strategy in 2022 (Part 1): 5 Ways ESG Reporting Boosts Business
Are you prioritizing ESG strategy and ESG reporting in 2022? If not, you should be. Whether your business is prepared for it or not, major changes in the ESG world will soon have an impact on your organization. Through a...
Survey Confirms: Investors Believe Lack of Digital Technology Creating Lack of Investment-Grade Data
Inaugural Benchmark Gensuite Survey: Investor Attitudes on Company ESG Data Confirms Investors’ Dissatisfaction with Companies’ ESG Data, Underscoring Need for Companies to Adopt Better Enterprise ESG Program Measurement, Management and Reporting Solutions The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) phenomenon in...
The Truth About ESG Ratings—and Why Sustainability Reporting Is Crucial for Businesses
Some recent news has highlighted the difference between sustainability and ESG, terms that are sometimes equated erroneously. Bloomberg has suggested that the rapidly growing ESG rating business is more about the financial sustainability and viability of the companies rather than...
Climate Change and the Private Sector: 4 Essential Takeaways from COP26
The much-awaited COP26 has left complex climate developments in its wake. Where does your business stand in the outcome? The goal of this UN climate change conference was to secure the commitment of world leaders in limiting global warming to...
How the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) Supports Sustainable Finance—and Why It Matters for Your Business
A most noteworthy takeaway of the recently completed COP26 event in Glasgow was the announcement on “Finance Day” that nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed to align $130 trillion—some 40% of the world’s financial assets—with the climate goals set...
Getting Started with ESG Reporting: How to Successfully Meet Stakeholder Demands
A strong Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) profile is now a must for established and aspiring market leaders. Stakeholders from across the spectrum—consumers, clients, suppliers, investors, lenders, and others—are increasingly basing their business and financial decisions on ESG performance. Skyrocketing...
Climate Change Strategies for Businesses Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26)
Are you eagerly awaiting the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26)? Know that the UN race to zero has already begun. Firms across the world have taken climate change seriously and are actively enhancing their efforts at reporting their carbon footprints, boosting renewable energy use, and...
The Power of a Centralized ESG Management System to Streamline Company Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions are a common practice in today’s increasingly global world. In fact, according to Forbes April, 2021 article, “Global M&A [mergers & acquisitions] activity reached $1.3 trillion in value in the first quarter of 2021, according to data...
ESG Reporting: Integrated Thinking for ESG
A small group of practitioners have been working on the concept of green accounting for decades, arguing that only by placing a tangible, financial value on the environment can we properly manage and protect it. Critics argue that we need...
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