How to make the hard yards of CSRD count - advice from practitioners
Reflecting back on a year of materiality analyses, we talked to sustainability practitioners about their top tips for how to make the CSRD process offer value beyond just disclosures.
Where to start - advice from practitioners to those just beginning with CSRD
With a new group of companies coming into scope of CSRD over the next twelve months, we talked to practitioners who've been through the process to reflect on their three key pieces of advice.
Part 2: Climate transition planning - what’s on the mind of sustainability practitioners?
Part 2 of 2 of our playback of what we've heard from a summer spent speaking to sustainability leaders and practitioners about climate transition planning.
Part 1: Climate transition planning - what’s on the mind of sustainability practitioners?
Part 1 of 2 of our playback of what we've heard from a summer spent speaking to sustainability leaders and practitioners about climate transition planning.
Could sustainability reporting be dead?
How CSRD will change the face of sustainability reporting as we know it. Insights from early reporters - and download the content from our recent webinar.
Businesses are confused about climate transition planning. We think it's EFRAG's role to provide clarity.
Our view on why EFRAG must align its climate transition plan guidance with the TPT framework - and why doing so is so important.
ISSB announces that Climate Transition Plans are going global
Assessing what we’ve learnt from the ISSB’s latest announcements, chiefly on climate transition plans and alignment with the TPT framework
Three things EFRAG’s new guidance tells us, and two it still doesn’t
Our analysis of what we’ve taken away from the latest EFRAG guidance - which questions are answered, and where uncertainty remains
Two and a half reasons why the CSRD risks missing its target
Our recently published research paper is a call for some common sense to be applied to the implementation of the CSRD.
Five things to know about certification standards
Credible certification standards and ecolabels provide a powerful foundation to deliver impactful sustainability commitments but are not immune to criticism. Therefore, layering certification with your own values and policies is essential.
Keeping pace with the rising bar of CDP
CDP are evolving to align with the latest ESG regulation. In this blog we set out the updates for 2024 and our predictions for how wider ESG trends will influence future CDP evolution, and how businesses aiming to at least maintain their CDP can prepare.
FAQs: Climate transition plans and the Transition Plan Taskforce
What is the TPT framework? Why is it important to me? How does it link with other key disclosure frameworks? Our answers to all the big questions around transition planning.
The innovation gap: How to create new opportunities through the sustainable transition
While meeting regulation is necessary, so too is looking ahead to prioritise the innovations that will matter in the ‘all change era’.
How to make materiality matter: Three ways to elevate your materiality assessment for your business in 2024
Materiality is perhaps the most talked about but least well-implemented sustainability requirement today. Clearly, having a rigorous process to guide your priorities is a crucial input to guiding an effective sustainability strategy and to robust regulatory disclosures.
Drinking from the fire hose: Are companies struggling to cope with the scale, complexity and reach of the CSRD requirements?
A consultation to gather views on the reality of CSRD implementation from the people working through it right now.
Does the world really need more materiality assessments?
With 49 000 companies preparing for the new EU sustainability reporting rules, many of them will need to undertake an ESG materiality assessment for the first time. It is time we ask the question: is it worth it?