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A new PwC survey of nearly 500 executives across 40 countries finds that a majority of companies subject to CSRD or ISSB disclosure requirements continue to experience growing stakeholder pressure to …
29 Sept 2025
The International Organization for Standardization and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol announced a strategic partnership to harmonise their greenhouse gas standards into a single co-branded portfolio, com…
18 Sept 2025
The Science Based Targets initiative published its Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard in July 2025, enabling banks, asset managers, insurers, and private equity firms to set science-based target…
10 Sept 2025
The International Organization for Standardization and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol have announced a strategic partnership to harmonise their existing GHG standards portfolios and co-develop new carbon…
9 Sept 2025
Zurich-based reinsurance company Swiss Re has announced it will no longer seek Science Based Targets initiative validation for its climate targets, while stating its sustainability strategy and 2050 n…
8 Sept 2025
U.S. real estate investment trust EPR Properties has published its fourth annual Corporate Responsibility Report, covering 2024 ESG progress aligned with TCFD, SASB Real Estate Standards, and UN Susta…
2 Sept 2025
Singapore's ACRA and SGX RegCo have announced significant delays to mandatory climate reporting for most listed and non-listed companies, pushing ISSB-based disclosures back by up to five years for sm…
29 Aug 2025
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has written to EU lawmakers warning that proposed reductions to CSRD sustainability reporting scope would limit the ECB's ability to assess climate-re…
19 Aug 2025
Political uncertainty and diverging regulatory regimes are significantly increasing the risk of a disorderly transition to a sustainable economy, according to Simon Weaver, Global Head of ESG Advisory…
12 Aug 2025
A Eurosif-led public declaration urging the EU to retain the CSRD's double materiality principle gained support from 323 entities ahead of Omnibus deliberations. Any dilution would fragment global ESG…
6 Aug 2025
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has issued subpoenas to climate disclosure body CDP and the Science Based Targets initiative, alleging potential antitrust violations and deceptive trade practi…
5 Aug 2025
The UNDP and Lavazza Foundation unveiled an expanded July 2025 partnership to deliver clean water and scale climate-resilient coffee in Ecuador's Chinchipe and Palanda cantons. The deforestation-free …
30 Jul 2025
European ESG software start-ups excel in CSRD and EU-specific compliance but face scaling constraints due to limited interoperability with international frameworks including ISSB, U.S. GAAP and Singap…
29 Jul 2025
The Science Based Targets initiative has released its Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, setting science-aligned requirements for banks, asset managers, insurers, and capital markets participan…
22 Jul 2025
The Global Reporting Initiative has released an exposure draft of its Textiles and Apparel Sector Standard, covering sustainability impacts across the textile, apparel, footwear and jewellery industri…
15 Jul 2025
The European Commission has adopted a series of measures to simplify the application of the EU Taxonomy regulation, including allowing companies to exclude non-material economic activities from taxono…
7 Jul 2025
The IFRS Foundation's International Sustainability Standards Board has published exposure drafts proposing amendments to sector-focused SASB sustainability reporting standards for nine priority indust…
3 Jul 2025
The Global Reporting Initiative has published two draft sustainability disclosure standards covering non-discrimination and equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion, as part of its broader Labor…
2 Jul 2025
The IFRS Foundation has published new guidance to support companies applying the ISSB's IFRS S2 climate standard in disclosing information about their climate-related transition plans and strategies. …
25 Jun 2025
The UK government has published exposure drafts of UK Sustainability Reporting Standards, based closely on the IFRS Foundation's ISSB S1 and S2 standards, alongside consultations on climate transition…
25 Jun 2025
EU member states have agreed on a Council negotiating position on the Omnibus sustainability simplification proposal that goes substantially further than the European Commission's original package, pa…
24 Jun 2025
UK conglomerate Virgin announced that the Science Based Targets initiative has approved its climate goals, including a net zero greenhouse gas emissions commitment across the value chain by 2050. The …
24 Jun 2025
The Global Reporting Initiative has released its new Sustainability Taxonomy, a machine-readable version of GRI standards based on XBRL that enables companies to submit structured digital sustainabili…
23 Jun 2025
The European Council approved delays to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive while the American securities regulator dropped its defens…
31 Mar 2025
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