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-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...
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...
How to incorporate health into the workplace
Work-related health risks The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated every 28th of April. It provides a unique...
The current status of Earth’s nine planetary boundaries
Planetary boundaries are an important conceptual framework. These nine fundamental processes, each with a set of thresholds, represent a measure of the...