Sustainable finance: an overview
What is sustainable finance? Definition The European Commission defines sustainable finance as the process of taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations...
Nature-related risks in practice: a closer look at the TNFD
What is the TNFD? The TNFD is the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures. It is a body of organisations, groups and individuals...
Sustainability reporting news: CSRD agreement
The CSRD is one of the cornerstones of the European Green Deal. On 21st June 2022, the Council and the European Parliament...
Sustainability-linked bonds and data management
Sustainability-linked bonds (or SLBs) differ from other types of investments in that they are conditional on the issuer achieving certain objectives. They...
Forced Labor and Modern Forms of Slavery
Although slavery is illegal in the 21st century in all the world’s countries, it is still practiced today. Forced labour and modern...
Is ESG Synonymous with Moral Obligation?
ESG is increasingly important for businesses across the world. As Patagonia’s CEO, Ryan Gellert, highlights, ‘we humans have created problems that threaten...
How is a materiality analysis prepared?
Introduction Materiality. To a sustainability amateur, this word probably has a completely different meaning to how a Social Responsibility professional would use...
Integrating ESG across company culture
As is ESG criteria is starting to permeate business strategy, an increasinf amount of companies are also making it a part of...
Let’s end the model of ‘take, make, break, and throw away’
Recycling is changing the model of ‘take, make, break, and throw away’. In a planet with an unequal distribution of resources, it...