Climate Targets

JBS and X among 284 companies that failed to meet science-based target-setting commitment

Scope 3 challenges, lack of sector-specific standards and fear of not being able to meet targets top the reasons for missing deadline.

Melodie Michel

11 March 2024

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

Sustainability Reports

SAP reports increase in absolute emissions as cloud revenue spikes

Emissions from cloud hyperscalers' power use jumped by 45,500 tonnes, reaching 128,800 tonnes – more than 27% of SAP’s overall carbon footprint.

Melodie Michel

05 March 2024

Guest article

Collaboration around Scope 3 mitigation is crucial to meet shared climate goals

"Addressing Scope 1 and 2 emissions without Scope 3 reflects short-term thinking..."

Melodie Michel

28 February 2024

Policy & Standards

SEC said to have removed Scope 3 requirement from climate rule

The agency received 16,000 comments on its initial draft, and that the majority of them opposed Scope 3 reporting.

Melodie Michel

23 February 2024

Oil & Gas

ExxonMobil sues activist shareholders to block climate resolution

The outcome of the lawsuit could set a powerful precedent in the world of corporate climate action.

Melodie Michel

22 January 2024

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Gap widens between sustainability first-movers and laggards

World's 100 most sustainable companies (and their investment patterns); sustainability governance lessons and uneven regulatory progress...

Melodie Michel

18 January 2024

Policy & Standards

Australia’s latest climate disclosure draft offers partial protection against litigation

The country is jumping on the climate regulation bandwagon and making sustainability reporting an obligation for companies.

Melodie Michel

15 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

We share our predictions for the year ahead and hear about one head of sustainability's greatest achievement for our last newsletter of 2023.

Melodie Michel

21 December 2023