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What Business Needs to Know about the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive | Blog | BSR
Key Points Under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), all large, all listed, and some non-EU companies will be required to report sustainability information against mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards. The CSRD falls nothing short of a revolution. The new requirements will have implications on how companies track, account for, and disclose their sustainability risks, opportunities, and impacts.
Why materiality assessments should focus on impacts, not perception
This is the third in a four-part series dedicated to enhancing the value of materiality assessments. Previously, we discussed why companies should assess double materiality and explored how companies can monitor dynamic materiality. Here, we discuss why companies should focus their materiality assessments on impacts rather than perception.
How companies can future-proof materiality assessments
This is the second in a four-part blog series dedicated to enhancing the value of materiality assessments. In the first blog, we discussed why companies should assess double materiality. If you conducted a materiality assessment in 2019 and are wondering if you need to refresh your assessment in light of 2020’s extraordinary events, raise your hand.
What you should know about the EU Taxonomy
The EU Taxonomy is set to be a foundational tool of the European Green Deal and will affect companies well beyond European borders. It is essential for foreign companies and markets that conduct business in the European Union (EU) to be aware of the implications of the Taxonomy.
Here's why companies should assess double materiality
This article originally was published in the BSR Insight. This is the first post in a four-part series on materiality. After years of debate over the definition of materiality, 2020 has brought a consensus that materiality is double — meaning that businesses should report on financially material topics that influence enterprise value as well as topics material to the economy, environment and people.
A five-step approach to engaging investors on sustainability
This article is the second in a four-part series of essays about stakeholder engagement. You can find the first article here. I started my career in sustainability as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst in 2005. Witnessing the mainstreaming of ESG investing in the past two years has been truly exciting. Today, I help companies integrate sustainability across their business, and it has never been more critical for companies to effectively engage their investors on ESG issues.
Five-Step Approach to Stakeholder Engagement | Reports | BSR
Stakeholder engagement is—and will remain—a core element of the sustainability toolkit. It is a fundamental component of materiality assessments, which are then used to inform sustainability strategy, reporting, and disclosure. Without input from key stakeholder groups, any approach to sustainability will be limited by an organization’s self-interest and inward focus.
Get ready to pollinate the $660 billion sustainable supply chain finance opportunity
Today, businesses have an opportunity to shift how they are implementing their sustainability commitments in their supply chains.
7 ways to effectively work with your investor relations team on sustainability
This article is the fifth in a series by BSR that will explore how corporate sustainability pros can work across departments on shared goals.Today, $1 in $4 of assets under management globally is managed under a responsible investment (or environmental, social, and governance factors [ESG]) strategy (PDF), including more than half in Europe and more than 20 percent in the U.S. Responsible investment professionals note that engagement on ESG and shareholder activism have increased in the past...
Here are the 3 hottest debates in sustainability reporting
In 2017, BSR spoke with more than 50 sustainability leaders from our member companies and other leading organizations to shape our thinking about the future of sustainable business.These interviews informed our new report, "Redefining Sustainable Business: Management for a Rapidly Changing World," which provides a blueprint for company strategy, governance and management fit for our sustainable development challenge.
5 ways financial services companies can turn SDGs into opportunities
How companies such as MasterCard and Barclays are integrating U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to open business opportunities. By Charlotte Bancilhon February 3, 2017 It is estimated that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in late 2015, will cost between $90 trillion and $120 trillion by 2030. In this light, there is no doubt that the financial services industry has a role to play in funding the objectives.
4 obstacles blocking low-carbon technologies
This month, the Goldman Sachs Low-Carbon Economy Global Forum brought together companies and investors to discuss regulatory, technological and market trends shaping the low-carbon economy.
Why ESG reporting still matters to U.S. investors
Based on conversations BSR has had with investors and finance industry partners, companies should know that a change of administration in Washington will not affect the fundamental trends driving environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.
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