Sustainable finance is not new to many companies. In fact, the growing interest from corporate issuers in financing their sustainability strategies has fueled the rise of the global sustainable debt markets in recent years
Insights from the 2022 Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Summit and GGX Conference
To celebrate the ten years of Reporting matters, this year’s report highlights what corporate sustainability reporting has achieved over the past decade and the developments in reporting that can support systems transformation.
Making meaningful reductions in a company’s supply chain emissions is critical to protecting domestic and global supply chains against these ongoing disruptions.
While companies are making important progress in sourcing renewable electricity for their operations, decarbonizing heat use is their next big challenge – especially for industrial companies.
Frans Timmermans, First Vice President of the European Commission Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets UnionEuropean CommissionRue de la Loi1049 BrusselsBelgium 9th September 2022 Dear Mr Vice President Timmermans, Dear Commissioner McGuinness, The significance of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) mandating European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) cannot be underestimated. […]
Sixty-five companies, investors and professional accounting firms from across the world add their voices to the call for major standard-setting efforts to more closely align with and support a global baseline for reporting sustainability-related information.
Today, through collaboration with PwC UK, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) releases a new report helping companies, financial institutions and policy makers understand some of the assumptions and methodologies that feed into climate transition scenarios and models.
Geneva, 24 May 2022: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is pleased to announce that it will support the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) as one of four piloting program partners to inform the design and development of the TNFD’s recommendations. The TNFD framework, now in prototype format and under development, will enable corporates […]
Over the past 10 years, discussions around the Chief Financial Officer’s role in sustainability have been largely symbolic.