ISSB sets out guidance for Scope 3 emission disclosures
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has announced a series of guidelines and reliefs to help companies report their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions...
Routes to ESOS compliance
We are currently in Phase 3 of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), which ends in December 2023. At the time of writing (Dec...
Supermarkets call for removal of barriers surrounding renewables investment
Supermarkets are calling for the government to lift the policy barrier to regulation for renewables – saying that otherwise the government’s goal of reaching...
How will COP27 influence UK climate policy?
COP27 is complete. Some analysts are praising a new loss and damage union between rich and poor, but big issues remain on fossil fuels.
Loss...
ISO launches Net Zero Guidelines to drive corporate transparency
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released new guidelines to help organisations reach net zero as soon as possible, with 2050 being the latest....
COP27: 200+ business and civil society voices pledge urgent support for 1.5C
Some of the world’s largest corporations and civil society organisations have reaffirmed their commitment to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C, and have called...
New ‘gold standard’ for corporate net zero transition plans launched
Private companies can have their say on a new, best-practice blueprint for climate transition plans, published this week.
A new Disclosure Framework and accompanying Implementation...
What makes a good net zero transition plan?
From 2023, it will be compulsory for certain businesses to publish a net zero plan. Over 1300 UK-registered large companies and financial institutions are...
51% of listed public companies to exceed 2°C, says new MSCI report
A new report from the MSCI Net-Zero Tracker reveals that over half of world’s listed companies are set to overshoot a collective carbon budget....
UNFCCC says climate pledges remain insufficient to reach Paris Agreement
Global heating could reach a catastrophic 2.5°C by the end of the century, according to the latest analysis of climate pledges carried out by...
