CDP 25 Oct 2016

CDP – are companies doing enough?

Rachel Hunter 2 Min Reading Time
CDP has today released a report examining the findings of company disclosures to its Climate Change Questionnaire.
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GRI 21 Oct 2016

GRI fuels improvement in sustainability reporting

Catherine Radojcin 4 Min Reading Time
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released an update to its reporting standards, replacing the previous reporting structure, G4. 
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Business 13 Oct 2016

How can science based targets help the UK meet national carbon targets?

Catherine Radojcin 3 Min Reading Time
In 2008, the UK government passed the Climate Change Act which established a legally binding target to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. This overall objective was then divided into carbon ‘budgets’ – time frames allocated to certain reduction goals. Most recently the UK government ...
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Sustainability Reporting 4 Oct 2016

Which FTSE 100 company is the best at reporting sustainability?

Rachel Hunter 2 Min Reading Time
Congratulations to BT Group for ranking first in this year’s Sustainability Reporting Performance of the FTSE 100 research. Marks and Spencer Group (M&S) scored a very close second, missing the top spot by one percentage point. Both of these companies really pave the way in terms of climate change best practice with holistic and extensive approaches to ...
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Carbon Clear 29 Sep 2016

Sustainability Reporting Performance of the FTSE 100 | 2016 Results

Rachel Hunter 3 Min Reading Time
The Sustainability Reporting Performance of the FTSE 100 is an annual research report that has been published for the past six years.  Companies use it, alongside CDP and Dow Jones Sustainability Index, as a benchmark for how well they are publicly reporting.
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Sustainability Reporting 21 Sep 2016

Sustainability reporting of the FTSE 100 – What’s new for 2016?

Catherine Radojcin 4 Min Reading Time
The announcement today that the UK is likely to ratify the Paris climate deal this year means that we need to think about how those targets become national policies, and the role that businesses must take in reducing carbon emissions and managing their environmental impacts. With that in mind, we are excited to be launching our ...
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Green Investment 30 Aug 2016

Fuel for thought: divesting from fossil fuels

Catherine Radojcin 4 Min Reading Time
The earth’s fossil fuel reserves are not going to run out any time soon. As technology develops, our capacity to discover and extract such reserves are only going to increase. Humanity will not stop burning fossil fuels because they have run out, as hypothesised in theories such as “peak oil”. To quote Dieter Helm “there ...
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Business 11 Aug 2016

How do I futureproof my business for sustainable, long-term value?

Joe Mayne 3 Min Reading Time
The climate is changing, and will continue to change, as a result of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Regardless of how quickly we reduce our emissions, a certain amount of change is now inevitable, and there will be implications for society and the businesses that serve it. Clearly, the faster we can cut emissions ...
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Business 4 Aug 2016

How do I differentiate my business from my competitors?

Catherine Radojcin 4 Min Reading Time
My children are wonderfully obsessed by Albert Einstein and, in particular, his amazing array of inventions. “How could he have known about helicopters?” they squeak in delight to which I answer “Because he was happy to be different”. Of course this suits me as I encourage them, at an age when there is huge peer ...
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