The latest news & insights from EcoAct

We strive to keep our clients and partners up to speed on the latest climate news. Here you will find hot off the press releases, expert thought-pieces and the latest industry developments.
 
Carbon Finance 12 Mar 2025

International Women’s Day 2025: Meet the women behind the Asha Reforestation Project

Hannah Lawton and Aurélie Soulier 8 Min Reading Time
EcoAct, in partnership with its local partner Tomorrow’s Foundation, is developing the Asha reforestation project, which aims to revitalise unproductive and degraded lands, improve carbon absorption through soil, increase biodiversity, and enhance the livelihoods of local communities. This International Women’s Day, we sat down with the women at the heart of the Asha project: Margarita ...
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CSRD 4 Mar 2025

CSRD Omnibus: What are the implications for non-financial disclosures?

Serge Diarra 6 Min Reading Time
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force in January 2023, representing a significant expansion of mandatory sustainability reporting in the EU. On 26th of February, the European Commission presented its long-awaited ‘Omnibus’ package, revising three emblematic texts of the Green Deal: the CSRD, the CS3D (Directive on Corporate Due Diligence) and the ...
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CDP 20 Feb 2025

Ask the Experts: 5 Ways to Master Your CDP Score in 2025

Anna Twomlow 5 Min Reading Time
Since its inception in 2000, CDP has evolved from a simple reporting framework into a driving force for corporate sustainability action. Initially, it focused on assessing how thoroughly companies disclosed their climate-related data, with early scores primarily measuring the completeness of responses and the level of detail provided. Over the past 25 years, CDP scores ...
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Biodiversity 19 Feb 2025

EcoAct joins initiatives to improve the biodiversity impact of clients

Morgane Sorin 5 Min Reading Time
Like climate change, biodiversity decline will have devastating effects for people and for businesses globally, with scientists and governments agreeing on the need to reverse the curve and avoid the worst consequences of biodiversity collapse. As the awareness of this topic has increased, so has the emergence of new regulations and reporting frameworks. Corporate ESG ...
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Climate Action 22 Jan 2025

Key Climate & Sustainability Trends for 2025: Navigating a Transformative Year 

Stuart Lemmon 7 Min Reading Time
Stuart Lemmon, CEO EcoAct discusses the key trends shaping 2025’s climate and sustainability agenda – and what it means for businesses.
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COP 29 Nov 2024

COP29 recap:  Mixed outcomes as markets advance, finance lags

Chimdi Obienu 8 Min Reading Time
While the COP29 outcomes were decidedly mixed, the latest annual UN climate meeting in Azerbaijan produced several potentially transformative developments for the voluntary carbon market. With climate finance needing to increase at least five-fold from current levels to $1.3 trillion annually to limit warming to below 1.5°C1, carbon markets are essential for mobilising private sector ...
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TCFD 25 Nov 2024

First round of TCFD reporting for asset managers passes in the UK: What are the challenges and opportunities?

Henry Johnson 3 Min Reading Time
Now that the dust has settled on the first annual TCFD reporting requirements for UK asset managers and owners, we reflect on the challenges many firms face in compiling their inaugural TCFD entity report, and how they can capitalise on the opportunities. As we look ahead to 2025, firms must focus resources on improving data ...
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Scope 3 13 Nov 2024

Lessons from VERGE 24: How to Create a Scope 3 emissions inventory

Anna Twomlow 4 Min Reading Time
In October, thousands of professionals from a range of industries gathered in San Jose, California for VERGE, an annual climate tech conference hosted by the Trellis Group, formerly GreenBiz Group. The event is a platform for climate solution practitioners to share successes, challenges, and insights to foster collective progress in the decarbonization of operations and ...
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COP 12 Nov 2024

COP29: Carbon Markets in the Spotlight

Chimdi Obienu 5 Min Reading Time
COP29 has been branded the “Finance COP” due to the expected focus on bolstering mechanisms for channelling funds towards climate action. This will involve complex negotiations on how to strengthen activity in the evolving voluntary carbon market, facilitate financial flows between countries, and realise the COP28 commitment to triple global renewable energy capacity and double ...
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