CSR reporting

A new analysis finds that when renewable energy credits — which have come under heavy scrutiny — are removed from companies’ carbon accounting, many businesses are no longer on track for meeting climate goals pegged to the Paris Agreement’s aims of limiting global warming to 1.5° or 2° Celsius.

Companies with plans to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions have so far not managed to meet the most basic criteria, according to a new analysis.

The Global Reporting Initiative unveiled its revised Universal Standards on Tuesday to reflect due diligence expectations for organizations to manage their sustainability impacts, including on human rights.

The overemphasis on measuring and reporting sustainability has delayed, and displaced, the urgent action needed to tackle societal challenges.

The lack of universal, comparable disclosure makes internal rankings less than reliable.

The IFRS Foundation is looking for a chair and vice-chair of a board that will set global ESG reporting standards.

The goal of the offset market is to reduce emissions, but without clear accounting and strict regulations there’s a big risk of greenwashing.

Questions remain about how advanced standards, frameworks and systems are.

The benefits go beyond what many think, particularly once you get past the many misconceptions that plague the field.

Five organizations released prototypes Friday of climate-related financial disclosure standards to illustrate how they could work within their various approaches.