Carbon Disclosure Articles & Analysis
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When companies and their consultants oversee an ESG reporting framework, the main focus is clearly to positively influence environmental, social, and governance factors. Each category within these ESG programs have multiple metrics that organizations must track. Common ESG metrics for the environmental category are greenhouse gas emissions and waste management. For the social category, ...
On November 10,2022, the Biden-Harris Administration made a significant move to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and safeguard the Federal Government's supply chains from financial risks linked to climate change. In line with President Biden's Executive Orders on Climate-Related Financial Risk and Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability, the Administration ...
In the first post of this series on commercial real estate, I talked about the urgency to transform properties to support an ‘all-electric, all-digital’ future. In this post, I will zoom in on one specific pillar of the Schneider Electric vision for Buildings of the Future: the tangible value of ...
3,000 companies were surveyed to determine the difference between estimated risks and the costs of responding The nonprofit Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) recently released a report about water risks after surveying 3,000 companies. ...
The UK government also announced their initial plans in 2020 for mandatory climate disclosures with penalties to be in place for those that do not share their progress or carbon-footprint data. ...
Cate Lamb, director of water security at the Carbon Disclosure Project, commented on the review’s conclusion that water reallocations can do better. ...
Who is affected by new energy and carbon reporting regulations and how should they prepare? There's a big shake-up in energy regulations coming into force next April when the proposed Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) scheme is scheduled to start. ...
For companies disclosing their emissions footprint and steps they are taking to mitigate those emissions under the Carbon Disclosure Project or their own internal measures, emissions are generally split into three distinct areas or scopes. ...
Reporting frameworks such as CDP, Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), and Sustainalytics have furthered annual disclosure expectations specific to carbon/GHG and water management. What's Next? ...
Through sustainability reporting, your organization is empowered to make responsible, data-driven decisions in order to reduce its carbon emissions on the environment. Managing your company's sustainability progress means keeping up with compliance requirements and improving its social and environmental record. ...
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has advised that the food and drink industry must work to minimise the amount of water used in production processes, to avoid two thirds of the world’s population living in areas classed as ‘water-scarce’ by 2050. In their new policy report IChemE has called on the industry to move towards co-ordinated action in reducing the amount ...
We are delighted to announce that for the third year running, we have been selected as a UK consultancy partner with CDP, the world’s only global natural capital disclosure system. Carbon management, measurement and reporting are very much on the business agenda. ...
We are delighted to share the news that the UK, French and Nordic CDP reports showcase outstanding performances from our carbon disclosure and reporting clients. We achieved our best ever CDP results for our clients and it is fantastic to review the reports recently released by CDP. Our UK, French and Scandinavian clients all improved their ...
CDP consultancy 2014 The clients IMS Consulting helps clients such as Carillion, Kentz, Klépierre, Michelin, Morgan Sindall Group, Murphy, Saint-Gobain, Skanska Carbon Disclosure Program demonstrate and validate their carbon disclosure program (CDP) submissions. ...
Through content analysis, this paper identifies the environmental and political-institutional strategies used by Brazilian companies in the carbon disclosure project (CDP) to fight against climate change. An exploratory study was made with a literature review and the content analysis technique was used for data treatment. ...
Today, the GHG Protocol is releasing a survey to scope out the need for a new standard to help companies quantify and report the “avoided emissions” of goods and services that contribute to a low-carbon economy—such as low-temperature detergents, fuel-saving tires, or teleconferencing equipment and services. Measuring and Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions For ...
For instance, 164 cities reported to the carbonn Cities Climate Registry (cCCR) in 2012, 73 cities reported to the Carbon Disclosure Project in the same year, and 2,450 cities submitted GHG data to the Covenant of Mayors. Many cities in China, including 36 national pilot low-carbon cities, have either completed or are in the process of conducting ...
In a recent international study commissioned by the Carbon Trust into business attitudes to resource efficiency 98% of Chinese companies cited carbon emissions as a priority environmental area for their business to focus on to ensure competitiveness. ...
More than half of the Global 500 companies that responded to the 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project Global Water Report cited “detrimental” water-related impacts. ...
Understanding sustainability and what it means to be a sustainable business continues to evolve as more companies issue sustainability reports, sign on for carbon disclosure reporting and institute organizational changes designed to reduce their impact on the environment. ...