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The Power of Sustainability Benchmarking: Challenges and Solutions

enero 21, 2025 No hay comentarios

By Cority Sustainability As the sustainability regulatory landscape shifts towards greater accountability and transparency, companies of all sizes are increasingly recognizing the importance of integrating ESG factors into their operations. ESG regulations have increased by 155% in the past decade, with 1,255 ESG regulations introduced worldwide since 2011. Not just

IRA’s Tax Credit Revolution: Demystifying Tax Equity Investments and Transferable Credit

enero 16, 2025 No hay comentarios

Key Impact Points: Tax Credits: The Core of IRA’s Climate Spend The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) dedicates over two-thirds of its projected $1.7 trillion in climate spending to tax credits. With these provisions, the IRS takes center stage in driving U.S. decarbonization efforts. This isn’t the first time tax equity

Meta Drops Fact-Checkers, Sparks Climate Disinformation Concerns

enero 14, 2025 No hay comentarios

Key Impact Points: Meta Shifts to User-Moderation Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a controversial move to eliminate fact-checkers from its platforms, stating that “fact-checkers have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created, especially in the U.S.” Instead, the company will depend on a “community

Post-Election Corporate Sustainability Outlook: Resilience Amid Policy Shifts

enero 7, 2025 No hay comentarios

Key Impact Points: Global and State Regulations Drive Sustainability Forward While federal policies may shift with the incoming administration, sustainability momentum is expected to endure. Historically, US corporations voluntarily built sustainability programs, driven by stakeholder demands, resource management needs, and opportunities for growth in sustainable products. “The most significant corporate

Trump’s Environmental Policy Reset: Key Shifts in the First 100 Days

enero 7, 2025 No hay comentarios

Key Impact Points: Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration Executive Orders and Regulatory Changes President-elect Trump has signaled plans to pause pending rules, delay effective dates of new regulations, and work with Congress to repeal recently finalized rules. Key areas of focus include power, mining, oil and gas, water quality,

Building Carbon Markets or a Climate Wild West

noviembre 26, 2024 No hay comentarios

Key Impact Points: Transparency Challenges in Article 6.2 Despite efforts to strengthen oversight, the agreement on Article 6.2 at COP29 offers only marginal improvements. Countries are now required to publish some information on Internationally Traded Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), but the timing remains problematic. The lack of a robust review process

KPMG Report Highlights Rising Greenwashing Risks Amid Global Regulatory Crackdown

noviembre 22, 2024 No hay comentarios

Key Impact Points The Growing Challenge of Greenwashing KPMG Law’s latest report, The Challenge of Greenwashing: An International Regulatory Overview, examines how evolving greenwashing regulations are impacting multinational companies. Covering 25 jurisdictions, including the U.S. and EU, the study offers key insights into compliance challenges and legal risks tied to

Trump’s Impact on Sustainability Politics and Investments

noviembre 15, 2024 No hay comentarios

By Nikos Avlonas, President of the Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) The prospect of Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency in 2025 has sparked discussions about how his policies might impact sustainable development and climate action in the US and globally. During his previous term, Trump pulled the

Global Net Zero Policy Progress Encouraging but Policy Gaps Remain, Taskforce Report Shows

noviembre 15, 2024 No hay comentarios

Key Impact Points: Progress on Net Zero Policies The Taskforce on Net Zero Policy, an initiative rooted in the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities, has released its first report: Net Zero Policy Matters: Assessing Progress and Taking Stock of Corporate

How Businesses Can Drive Policy Change for a Renewable Future: Unilver

How Businesses Can Drive Policy Change for a Renewable Future: Unilever

noviembre 4, 2024 No hay comentarios

Key Impact Points: Powering Change Through Business Advocacy “Governments are competing for business investment and intention,” says Thomas Lingard, Unilever’s Global Head of Sustainability, Environment. At COP28, over 100 countries committed to tripling renewable capacity by 2030. Lingard emphasizes that business action can set the pace for policy, encouraging national