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The Science Based Targets initiative published a suite of minor revisions to its target-setting resources on 13 March 2024, effective immediately, covering the Corporate Net-Zero Standard, the Corpora…
20 Dec 2023
Chipotle invested in Greenfield Robotics and Nitricity through its $50 million Cultivate Next venture fund, backing autonomous farming robots and lightning-inspired fertilizer production. The investme…
17 Dec 2023
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol confirmed plans to develop guidance on market-based and project accounting approaches as part of its corporate standards update process, after receiving nearly 350 survey r…
14 Dec 2023
The UNFCCC partnered with Microsoft to build an AI-powered platform and global climate data hub to validate emissions data from the 196 Paris Agreement Parties. Improved transparency infrastructure ra…
6 Dec 2023
The IFRS Foundation and ISO reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate following the ISSB's release of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, aligning ISO 14000 environmental standards with the new disclosure framework. …
3 Dec 2023
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol issued a simultaneous call for expressions of interest to join its Technical Working Groups, the bodies that will develop the technical content of updated GHG accounting st…
30 Nov 2023
The European Parliament approved its COP28 position calling for an end to all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies globally by 2025 and tripling renewable energy by 2030. The push intensifies glo…
22 Nov 2023
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched a formal call for applications to its new Steering Committee and Independent Standards Board, the bodies that will oversee the update and maintenance of its flagsh…
14 Nov 2023
The Australian Accounting Standards Board published Exposure Draft ED SR1 proposing ISSB-based climate-related financial reporting standards, open for feedback until 1 March 2024. The move illustrates…
24 Oct 2023
Brazil's Ministry of Finance and the CVM announced incorporation of ISSB's IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, beginning with voluntary use in 2024 and mandatory application by 1 January 2026. T…
20 Oct 2023
The European Parliament adopted the European Green Bond standard by 418 votes to 79, creating the world's first such label aligned with the EU taxonomy. The transparency-focused standard sets a global…
7 Oct 2023
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has issued an interim communication clarifying that it does not yet have definitive guidance on how companies should account for biomethane certificates in GHG inventories.…
21 Aug 2023
Credit Agricole Assurances acquired a 30% stake in Innergex's French renewable portfolio for €128 million, advancing its energy-transition strategy. The deal illustrates how financial institutions are…
15 Aug 2023
Tesco unveiled SBTi-validated targets to cut absolute Scope 3 energy and industrial emissions 55% by 2032 and Scope 1 and 2 emissions 85% by 2030. The move sets a supply-chain decarbonisation benchmar…
15 Aug 2023
Mercedes-Benz Group elevated data privacy as a core ESG tenet, aligning with GRI 3-3 and GRI 418-1 standards through a Group-wide Data Governance System. The move positions data privacy as a material …
8 Aug 2023
The European Commission adopted the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) on July 31, 2023, for companies subject to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, with phased applicat…
1 Aug 2023
ESG Broadcast's weekly roundup compiled major developments including July 2023 being recorded as the hottest month ever, the ISSB consulting on a proposed digital taxonomy, IOSCO endorsing the ISSB's …
30 Jul 2023
The International Sustainability Standards Board released the Proposed IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy for public comment during a 60-day period ending September 26, 2023, to enable digital ta…
27 Jul 2023
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol published a draft summary of feedback from its Scope 2 Guidance survey, which received over 400 responses between November 2022 and March 2023. The findings will inform a t…
26 Jul 2023
The International Organization of Securities Commissions endorsed the ISSB's IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 standards, calling on its 130 member jurisdictions to consider incorporating them into regulatory frame…
25 Jul 2023
The IFRS Foundation published a comparison showing IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures aligns with the TCFD's four core recommendations and eleven recommended disclosures. Companies applying ISSB stan…
25 Jul 2023
Environmental disclosure non-profit CDP named Sherry Madera, currently Mastercard's SVP of Public Policy, as its new CEO effective October 1, 2023. The leadership change at a body collecting disclosur…
20 Jul 2023
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol updated stakeholders in July 2023 on progress of its Land Sector and Removals Guidance, confirming coordination with the SBTi's Forest, Land and Agriculture Guidance and di…
19 Jul 2023
Ireland presented its second Voluntary National Review to the United Nations, reporting it has fully achieved over 80% of the 169 SDG targets while facing gaps in climate and energy goals. The review …
17 Jul 2023
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