archiveDecember 12, 2022

Nearly two thirds of senior decision makers in UK feel their organisation is under-prepared to meet  ESG goals and regulatory reporting mandates. 73 per cent don’t have confidence in the data currently being reported to stakeholders despite 59 per cent of UK businesses having appointed an ESG-specific role to oversee reporting, according to a new global survey released by Workiva Inc. The survey examined 1,300 organisations’ current processes, collaboration and confidence in their ESG reporting. Respondents involved in their company’s ESG reporting and strategy were polled from across finance, ESG,...

COP15 leaders have called for urgent agreement on the Global Biodiversity Framework in order to save and protect the natural world. The UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 being staged in Montreal, Canada is calling for full and urgent implementation of its Global Biodiversity Framework that aims to conserve, sustainably use and rebuild the web of life. “The Global Biodiversity Framework will need to be delivered in full, urgently and across all of society,” said Inger Andersen, under-secretary-general of the UN and executive director of the UN Environment Programme, at the opening...