Policy & Standards

New guidance available for ISSB-ESRS sustainability standards interoperability

EFRAG is aiming to reduce complexity and fragmentation between different disclosure frameworks.

Melodie Michel

07 May 2024

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Adaptation will be crucial to achieve necessary battery storage capacity

Energy storage needs may be threatened by climate risk, Gap Inc. and General Motors provide climate updates and insurers shake up sustainability governance...

Melodie Michel

03 May 2024

Policy & Standards

Most companies plan to align sustainability reporting with CSRD

"We’re seeing CSRD’s impact extend far beyond those subject to the regulation."

Melodie Michel

01 May 2024

Policy & Standards

Lack net zero targets among private firms could lead to CSRD penalties

Just eight of the top 100 private companies have set a net zero target in the past 18 months.

Melodie Michel

22 April 2024

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: ESG backlash creates ripples in the US

The climate battles continues in the US; watch our sustainability governance panel on demand; ESRS adoption partly delayed and more in this week's newsletter.

Melodie Michel

25 January 2024

Policy & Standards

Sector-specific European Sustainability Reporting Standards delayed by two years

Sector-specific ESRS, meant to clarify disclosure requirements for particular sectors, were initially expected by June 2024.

Melodie Michel

25 January 2024

Scope 3

Procurement leaders feel ‘best guess’ Scope 3 reporting puts them at risk of unintentional greenwashing

For most supply chain managers, the inability to accurately measure supplier emissions “makes it hard to turn words into action”.

Melodie Michel

15 January 2024

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: New year, new sustainability leadership

Top CSO appointments, the importance of governance, Scope 4 emissions and more in this new issue...

Melodie Michel

04 January 2024

Policy & Standards

In France, corporate directors can now go to jail for not complying with CSRD

France is the first country to transpose the directive into national law, and has set a high bar in terms of penalties for non-compliance.

Melodie Michel

02 January 2024

Policy & Standards

Less than half of sustainability reports are CSRD-compliant

With the first CSRD reports due in early 2025, it looks like sustainability teams will have a busy 2024 gathering missing data.

Melodie Michel

20 December 2023