Climate Targets

Unilever moves from GHG intensity to absolute Scope 3 reduction targets as data granularity improves

Adjustments were made as Scope 3 emissions reduction proved more challenging than expected, prompting the firm to revisit plans and measurements.

Melodie Michel

08 March 2024

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Data, sustainability and imperfection

Sage's sustainability lead on 'an imperfect system', AI and data management, China's new reporting requirements and more in this issue...

Melodie Michel

15 February 2024

Data and Technology

Data management and AI identified as top priorities for sustainability reporting

Microsoft’s Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa recently noted that AI freed up 70% of her team's time.

Melodie Michel

14 February 2024

Data and Technology

Generative AI: sustainability game changer or ticking time bomb?

AI has the power to act as "a copilot for sustainability professionals" – but its environmental impacts need to be carefully considered.

Melodie Michel

08 February 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

Data and Technology

Increasing influence: 66% of new Chief Sustainability Officers report to CEO

A growing number of organisations are appointing a Chief Sustainability Officer and these new CSOs are not reporting to marketing...

Melodie Michel

09 January 2024

Data and Technology

Inclusive ESG ranking aims to support sustainable investment into emerging markets

Equitable finance and the just transition are recurrent topics at climate conferences, but low and middle-income countries still only get a fraction of global investment flows.

Melodie Michel

20 December 2023

Data and Technology

Drop in business travel emissions shows company policies are changing

World's biggest corporate flyers have cut emissions by a total of 51%.

Melodie Michel

18 December 2023

Data and Technology

Severe storms cost insurers a record US$60 billion in 2023

This is the first time that severe thunderstorms have caused this level of loss in the insurance industry.

Melodie Michel

07 December 2023

Policy & Standards

Time for Chief Sustainability Officers to ‘get started’ on nature disclosures as CDP highlights data gaps

Companies not preparing are set to lose out as regulations expand to include nature-related disclosures.

Melodie Michel

05 December 2023