Climate Change 13 Jul 2017

Climate-Related Financial Disclosures – 3 Things you Need to Know

Catherine Radojcin 3 Min Reading Time
In 2015 G20 countries asked the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to review how the financial sector can better take account of climate-related issues. The FSB established the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) to develop consistent and coherent guidance for companies to disclose their climate-related risks. Last month the TCFD released its final “recommendations for consistent and voluntary ...
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Carbon Clear 13 Jul 2017

Industry leaders join forces to help businesses better manage climate change impacts

Rachel Hunter 4 Min Reading Time
NEWS RELEASE 06:00 13 July 2017 – SE Advisory Services Group, the climate expert and climate finance project developer headquartered in Paris, today announces the acquisition of Carbon Clear, a major player in the UK environmental sustainability marketplace.
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Sustainability Benchmarking 20 Jun 2017

Sustainable Industries – Lead, Compete or Comply

Joe (ATOS ADMIN) 3 Min Reading Time
The most important thing to remember when benchmarking business best practice is that no two companies are the same, and what one industry might see as an important issue could be irrelevant to others. For example, financial intuitions may value understanding the carbon intensity of their investment portfolios while FMCG companies would look at sold ...
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Climate legislation 11 Jun 2017

SE Advisory Services joins the “Finance for Tomorrow” initiative to drive the sector’s transition

Joe (ATOS ADMIN) 2 Min Reading Time
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Sustainability Benchmarking 5 Jun 2017

How to go about setting a sustainability strategy

Rachel Hunter 2 Min Reading Time
There is increasing pressure on organisations from investors, policy makers and the public, to broaden the scope of their annual reporting and to disclose their impacts.
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Sustainability Benchmarking 25 May 2017

The Intelligent Way to Benchmark Sustainability

Rachel Hunter 2 Min Reading Time
This week Carbon Clear launched the Intelligent Sustainability Benchmarking Toolkit, a free online platform for businesses to benchmark their approach to environmental sustainability. Answer 15 questions across three categories and receive an Intelligent Sustainability score, industry benchmark and recommendations for improvement plus observations about best practice. The sustainability landscape is continually evolving as governments, organisations, investors and ...
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Science based targets 18 May 2017

4 things to consider before setting a science based target

Catherine Radojcin 3 Min Reading Time
Science-based targets (SBTs) are fast becoming the only realistic method to fulfil the global ambition to limit catastrophic climate change. Over 260 companies have committed to setting an SBT through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTI), with many more developing SBTs without publicising their intent. It is likely that the recent surge in uptake is predominantly ...
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Renewable energy 9 May 2017

Best practice and market trends in renewable energy

Catherine Radojcin 4 Min Reading Time
Businesses are increasingly looking at how to make their electricity supply 100% renewable, and therefore climate neutral. Companies typically adopt complimentary approaches to reach their 100% renewable energy target, combining procurement methods such as green tariff contracts with suppliers, unbundled renewable energy attribute certificates (RECs), power purchase agreements (PPAs) and on-site generation projects. But among ...
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Sustainability Reporting 3 May 2017

Sustainability Reporting: Closing the ESG guidance gap

Joe (ATOS ADMIN) 3 Min Reading Time
The London Stock Exchange Group recently published guidance for companies on how to report environmental, social and governance (ESG) information to meet investor demand for better data. The aim of the guidance is “to close the ESG guidance gap”.
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