Sustainability audits are reinforced with the new IAASB manual, International Standard on Sustainability Assurance.
Approved law that creates the carbon credits market in Brazil, regulated and voluntary together. It will be years before its full implementation. How about getting an idea about prices?
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May 13, 20232 min readEurope’s next crisis: WaterThis is the headline of an April 28 article from Politico, that quotes a study from earlier this year by the Institute of Geodesy at TU...
May 12, 20232 min readUniversity of Bristol: New research reveals countries most at risk of heat wavesThe University of Bristol-led research, published last April 25 shows that unprecedented heat extremes combined with socioeconomic...
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Apr 29, 20232 min readClimate-related Financial Risk Factors in Remuneration FrameworksThe Financial Stability Board (FSB) is an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system....
Apr 28, 20232 min readNew Study: 37.5% discount on the value of European companies that emit more CO2How much do investors care about carbon emissions? Why markets may want to price climate risk ? These topics are elaborated on a new...
Apr 27, 20233 min readERS Public Consultation: New Standard to Increase Financing for Smaller-scale Restoration ProjectsERS, a company committed to empowering local communities and ensuring climate finance reaches restoration projects, is launching a new...
Apr 24, 20231 min readFuture of the SASB Standards: What you need to know for disclosureAs we antecipated "IFRS / ISSB: New Climate and Sustainability Disclosure Rules Expected by June" there were a variety of ISSB issues on...
Apr 22, 20232 min readEarth Day. News from The Netherlands: one bad (earlier Overshoot Day), one good (drop in emissions)Netherlands. One bad and one good news. Today Earth Day. (The bad) Last 12 April 2023 was the Dutch Overshoot Day, the day when the Dutch...
Apr 21, 20232 min readAudit and ESGIntersting article from the portal ESG Investor. About the audit function, also of ultimate relevance to ESG issues. Despite the constant...