The Use of Natural Resources in the Economy: A Global Manual on Economy Wide Material Flow Accounting
Material flow accounting provides a statistical framework measuring natural resource extraction, trade in natural resources, waste disposal and emissions. Domestic material consumption and material footprint are used as a proxy for overall environmental pressure within a national economy and the impact of a national e ...
Posted on 18/11/21
Universal Standards
The GRI Standards are global public reporting best practices on economic, environmental and social impacts. Reporting based on the standards provides information about an organization’s positive or negative contributions towards sustainable development for integration into its strategy, to identify financial risks and ...
Posted on 17/11/21
ESG Investing Has a Blind Spot That Puts the $35 Trillion Industry’s Sustainability Promises in Doubt: Supply Chains
There's some discrepancy in how such rating agencies as Bloomberg, MSCI and Sustainalytics are measuring the ESG risk in the performance of supply chains. To accurately measure a company’s ESG risks, also its end-to-end supply chain operations must be considered. The EU's new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ...
Posted on 16/11/21
SDG-Related Initiatives
PRI lists 25 SDG reporting initiatives according to focus. Some are a mechanism for disclosure and reporting on SDG investments or impact financing. Others allow for measuring and reporting on the implementation of the SDGs by businesses and their alignment with corporate sustainability benchmarks. United Nations Gl ...
Posted on 15/11/21
Will the EU Taxonomy Regulation Foster a Sustainable Corporate Governance?
EU securities regulation has established a taxonomy of environmentally sustainable financial activities that potentially supports sustainable corporate governance. This paper argues that including environmental sustainability in EU mandatory disclosure aligns the incentives of institutional investors with the interest ...
Posted on 14/11/21
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