climate disclosure

'A better partner for corporates': CDP launches revamped system for environmental disclosures

Management

'A better partner for corporates': CDP launches revamped system for environmental disclosures

New corporate questionnaire is aligned with latest reporting standards and brings forests, water, biodiversity, and plastics issues together in one questionnaire and dataset for the first time

clock 03 June 2024 • 4 min read
CDP to incorporate ISSB climate disclosure standard into company questionnaires

Carbon Accounting

CDP to incorporate ISSB climate disclosure standard into company questionnaires

Move expected to rapidly accelerate adoption of IFRS S2 disclosure standard

clock 08 November 2022 • 2 min read
Is the corporate world approaching a climate disclosure tipping point?

Carbon Accounting

Is the corporate world approaching a climate disclosure tipping point?

Annual CDP report reveals a record number of corporates responded to requests for information on their environmental performance last year

clock 19 October 2022 • 5 min read
The sustainability leader's guide to climate targets and disclosure

Management

The sustainability leader's guide to climate targets and disclosure

Assessing emissions and climate risk, then setting targets and reporting on progress, is a complex yet urgent undertaking – BusinessGreen's latest webinar with Planetly's Micha Schildmann offered a blueprint for effective corporate climate governance...

clock 17 May 2022 • 10 min read
Kristina Wyatt on the SEC's proposed climate disclosure rule

Investment

Kristina Wyatt on the SEC's proposed climate disclosure rule

The former senior counsel at the SEC offers her assessment of the regulators new landmark climate disclosure plans

clock 25 March 2022 • 12 min read
Former Danone CEO to head financial sustainability disclosure body

Carbon Accounting

Former Danone CEO to head financial sustainability disclosure body

Emmanuel Faber has been appointed as Chair of the newly established International Sustainability Standards Board

clock 20 December 2021 • 2 min read
CDP A List: Environmental corporate A listers depleted as bar raised on environmental standards

Carbon Accounting

CDP A List: Environmental corporate A listers depleted as bar raised on environmental standards

Less than 300 companies made CDP’s A list for environmental performance in 2021, with fewer companies ranked A for climate action than last year owing to higher expectations

clock 07 December 2021 • 4 min read
'The mission is failing': BlackRock CEO Larry Fink calls for mandatory climate disclosures for private firms

Investment

'The mission is failing': BlackRock CEO Larry Fink calls for mandatory climate disclosures for private firms

CEO of world's largest asset manager warns of the 'biggest capital arbitrage in our history' if private companies are not forced into the same kind of climate risk disclosure as public companies

clock 02 November 2021 • 2 min read

Investment

As BlackRock calls for full CO2 footprint disclosure, is investor pressure starting to take its toll on polluters?

World's biggest asset manager urges firms to set rigorous decarbonisation goals or risk being voted against at board meetings as it sets out shareholder expectations for 2021

clock 17 February 2021 • 5 min read

Management

Study: Insurance firms deliver 'significant improvements' to climate-related disclosures through 2020

A new review of the climate disclosures of some of the world's biggest insurance firms has identified "significant improvements" in the incorporation of climate change considerations into investment and underwriting strategies

clock 17 February 2021 • 3 min read