More States Are Requiring Flood Disclosure
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 31, 2023
New home buyers and renters should have a right to know a property’s flood history before they commit to calling it home.
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The week in climate policy: 5 updates you need to know
GreenBiz
MARCH 15, 2024
16 states pass bills against lab-cultured meat, and the SEC was sued over its new climate-disclosure rule approved last week.
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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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ESG Reporting Frameworks & Regulations - What Applies to Me?
GreenBiz
MARCH 20, 2023
To many, this influx of frameworks and regulations has added more complexity to the alphabet soup of acronyms that define the ESG disclosure space. While these initiatives will spur much-needed action around ESG and climate issues, it can be challenging to decode what they mean for your business.
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BofA, BlackRock and State Street CEOs talk stakeholder primacy — and fall short
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 14, 2020
BofA, BlackRock and State Street CEOs talk stakeholder primacy — and fall short. Some of the world’s biggest asset managers have been talking a lot lately about sustainable capital markets, stakeholder capitalism and how improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure can contribute to more resilient markets.
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Why the ESG bandwagon must embrace adaptation
GreenBiz
MARCH 2, 2021
To their credit, the sponsors of several prominent initiatives to promote climate-related disclosure (such as CDP) expressly request information on organizational risks and plans to address them. that may be purchased by the public must provide regular disclosure of important operating and financial information at defined intervals.
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How the climate crisis will crash the economy
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Even before the western United States became a regional inferno, even before the Midwest U.S. Even before the western United States became a regional inferno, even before the Midwest U.S. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world.
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On the fifth anniversary of the TCFD, a call to action
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 14, 2020
In December 2015, as a response to increasingly frequent environmental disasters that disrupted ecosystems and human health — plus caused unforeseen business losses and jeopardized assets and infrastructure — the Financial Stability Board launched the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). We have reached critical mass.
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The risky business of climate risk: 'Stop predicting the future'
GreenBiz
MARCH 8, 2021
Gloria Santona, Of Counsel at Baker McKenzie in Chicago, detailed three related legal issues that businesses should note: disclosure; compliance; and litigation. Consider disclosure. As for disclosure, investors expect more of it and at a more robust level, but they are also demanding goal-setting, with metrics and accountability.
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What the G7 meeting means for boards of directors
GreenBiz
JUNE 9, 2021
and the United States. Support moving towards mandatory climate-related financial disclosures that provide consistent and decision-useful information for market participants (based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, or TCFD, framework). The official G7 Summit will be June 11-13 in the U.K.,
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Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments
GreenBiz
JULY 27, 2020
In addition, Morgan Stanley also has joined the PCAF's steering committee alongside founding members Amalgamated Bank from the United States; Dutch banks Triodos, BN AMRO and ASN Bank; and the Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). trillion in assets.
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SEC Plans ESG Regulations
Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 3, 2022
SEC To Require ESG Disclosure of Data. The European Union differs from the United States in several ways. First, the SEC’s proposed rule would only require the disclosure of climate-related information, while the CSRD would require sustainability information in addition to climate information. Four SEC Disclosure Requirements.
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Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right
GreenBiz
JUNE 25, 2020
According to polls, it was mid-March when most of us in the United States understood the severity of COVID-19. The previously mentioned CDP has a large database of disclosures. The Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has a widely adopted set of metrics that companies use to report (including to CDP).
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State and regional governments lead on renewable electricity generation – new report
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Jämtland in Sweden is one of seven states and regions already powered by 100% renewable electricity. 75 states and regions are generating 45% of their electricity from renewable sources. States and regions have, on average, reduced emissions by 14% as global emissions continue to rise.
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Why growing numbers of firms think mandatory biodiversity risk reporting is needed
Business Green
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
As governments prepare to weigh proposals for mandatory corporate nature disclosure rules at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit next week, the latest data from environmental disclosure platform CDP has highlighted the shortfalls of the currently purely voluntary approach.
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Tauhara, NZ geothermal power station targets operations by Q3 2024
ThinkGeoEnergy
MARCH 28, 2024
According to a disclosure report to the New Zealand’s Exchange (NZX), the commissioning activities for the Tauhara power station are expected to start soon. Contact states that it expects the Tauhara power station to operate at an initial capacity of 152 MW within Q3 of 2024.
China’s Stock Exchanges to Plan Sustainability Disclosure Rules for Big Companies
Latham's Clean Energy Law Report
MARCH 15, 2024
The guidelines aim to transform China’s approach to ESG by introducing sustainability disclosure rules for large listed companies. SDRs are not mandatory for other listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, but these other companies are encouraged to voluntarily adhere to the disclosure rules. By Hui Xu , Paul A.
Energy consumer lobby calls for Australia-wide ban on gas connections in new homes
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 3, 2023
In a submission to a Senate inquiry examining Australia’s residential electrification efforts, Energy Consumers Australia urged the government to consider mandatory information disclosures to warn consumers about “the potential economic consequences” of buying a new gas appliance.
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Report: UK carbon regulator needed to combat 'inconsistent' industrial CO2 reporting
Business Green
OCTOBER 30, 2022
At present there exists a raft of competing, inconsistent, and overlapping voluntary CO2 reporting and measurement approaches for industrial and manufacturing firms, which "makes it difficult to derive meaningful comparisons of emissions across industry", the report states. Rewriting economics.
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Top Fossil Fuel Ad Ban Critic Runs Group That Got $450K from Oil Company
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 11, 2024
(CNRL), one of the country’s top oil and gas producers, according to federal disclosures newly reviewed by DeSmog. Credit: CNRL disclosures Neither Buffalo’s organization nor CNRL responded to detailed questions about the financial contribution. The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone.
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California Pension Funds Have Billions Invested in Fossil Fuel Companies Named in State’s Lawsuit
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Over the past month and a half month, California lawmakers have enacted a pair of climate disclosure bills and endorsed a global call to end the fossil fuel era. In September, the state sued five oil majors and the chief industry lobby group to hold them accountable for climate change. CalSTRS and CalPERS collectively have over $4.3
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A Judge Has Rejected Shell’s Latest Attempt to Dismiss a Connecticut Climate Lawsuit
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 24, 2023
DEED Kilian said Shell’s stance is essentially “a climate denial position,” and inconsistent with its own recent public and regulatory disclosures. “That is fundamentally inconsistent with their disclosures to the Carbon Disclosure Project and the SEC, and with their own long standing knowledge of climate risks.”
CDP: Only fraction of firms worldwide have credible climate plans in place
Business Green
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
CDP said credible climate transition plans feature a detailed time-bound action plan that outlines how a company will deliver on its stated net zero goals and align its assets, operations, and entire business model with the level of decarbonisation recommended by climate scientists.
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CDP: 10,000 companies worldwide disclosed environmental data in 2020
Business Green
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Record numbers of companies, cities, states, and regions have reported their climate change, water security, and deforestation data to CDP in 2020, despite the disruption caused to the global economy by the coronavirus crisis, the environmental disclosure non-profit revealed today.
Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors
GreenBiz
JULY 8, 2021
In my home state and across the American West, summer’s coming has so far brought only record-breaking heat, drought and wildfires. And with Lake Mead , the key reservoir on the Colorado River, at its lowest level, the state is preparing for "painful" water restrictions. Lagging disclosure. inches of rain.
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Canadian Oil Companies ‘Lying’ About Their Net-Zero Targets, Says COP27 Delegate
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
But a key Pathways Alliance member is telling a much less inspiring story in its communications to investors, according to disclosures reviewed by DeSmog. The Alliance claims this will allow the industry to fully eliminate or neutralize the tar sands’ climate impacts by 2050, a state known as “net-zero.”.
Where Are All the Non-Wires Alternatives?
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 27, 2020
based Pepco became the latest United States utility to seek out non-wires alternatives (NWAs) to address an upcoming constraint on its network. Only time will tell, but a new Wood Mackenzie research report finds that on average, NWA opportunities proposed in the United States move forward only 40 percent of the time. NWA database.
15,000 firms face investor appeal for greater environmental disclosure
Business Green
MARCH 12, 2023
CDP said the request, which has been backed by 746 financial institutions holding more than $136tr in assets, was the "largest voluntary environmental impact disclosure request" it had ever coordinated. They must act now to get ahead of governments and market regulations, and to future-proof their operations," he added.
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Nature takes root on the balance sheet
GreenBiz
MARCH 8, 2021
By creating the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a framework is in place for organizations to better understand and report on these risks. In response, a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will be launched in 2021 to operate alongside the TCFD. State of Green Business Report.
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Where Was Exxon Planning to Inject CO2 in Louisiana? It’s a Trade Secret.
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 29, 2024
That’s because a state law passed in 2021 regulating carbon capture includes a provision allowing companies to claim a wide range of project information — including location — as trade secrets. He suspected that Exxon asked the state to clean up the well site in preparation for a carbon capture project in the parish.
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California enacts far-reaching climate disclosure laws
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The legislation also comes a year after the state moved forward with Newsom’s plan to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035. By 2025, the state’s Air Resources Board will approve new rules to implement the legislation; by 2026 the law will fully go into effect.
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Massachusetts to Require Disclosure of Energy Usage from Large Buildings
Energy and Cleantech Council
AUGUST 24, 2022
The cities of Boston and Cambridge (and most recently Chelsea) already have building energy disclosure ordinances, each of which require annual reporting of energy usage for large buildings ( Boston and Chelsea at a threshold of 20,000 sf, Cambridge at 25,000 sf). So how will this play out for the regulated community in Massachusetts?
Salak binary geothermal power plant in Indonesia targets COD by end of 2023
ThinkGeoEnergy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
In an information disclosure made to the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX/BEI), the company announced that the project has now reached the mechanical completion stage and that its overall progress is at the 95.3%
'Not just a catchline': UN Secretary-General launches Net Zero Expert Group
Business Green
MARCH 31, 2022
New body tasked with developing stronger standards for net zero emissions pledged from non-state entities, including businesses, investors, and cities. Guterres today formally launched the High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities, including businesses, investors, cities, and regions.
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Why nature is the next frontier for sustainable business
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
businesses, states and cities accelerated their action on climate in 2020. For example, investor BlackRock is asking that by the end of 2020, companies issue reports aligned with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. This includes announcements from corporate giants Facebook , Uber and Amazon.
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David Crane is back, with a climate-tech SPAC
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Disclosure: Crane is a former GreenBiz editor at large, and you can read his body of work here.) It’s of interest to companies that feel capital-constrained, and the current uncertain state of the economy has galvanized interest. . Last week, former NRG Energy CEO David Crane joined the frenzy. .
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With $3bn in deals, agrifoodtech startups prove themselves a vital part of climate tech investment
AFN Sustainable Protein
JANUARY 25, 2023
eGrocery, food delivery) saw valuations nosedive and VC dollars dwindle, climate tech investment “hovered at historic highs,” according to PWC’s State of Climate Tech 2022 report. Disclosure: AFN’s parent company is AgFunder.] While other sectors (e.g.,
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Mandating Standard ESG Risk Disclosures – Is The Tide Turning At The SEC?
Energy and Cleantech Council
DECEMBER 4, 2020
While the Securities & Exchange Commission has acknowledged this shift, it has to date resisted calls for the adoption of standards governing issuers’ disclosure of ESG risks. In recent remarks, Commissioner Allison Herren Lee called for the Commission to support “uniform, consistent, and reliable disclosure” of ESG risks.
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Policy Advocacy Fights the Risks of Climate Change
EDF + Business
JANUARY 25, 2024
In 2022 alone, extreme weather events caused $178 billion to the United States. More specific, comparable, and decision-useful climate risk disclosures from businesses will enable investors to better price risk, creating a more efficient and resilient market.
What the SEC can do to protect investors, companies, and people from another Texas power crisis
EDF + Business
JUNE 22, 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering making important changes in disclosure requirements to reflect the growing recognition that climate change poses significant risks to the U.S. In 2019, Texas accounted for seven of the United States’ 14 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters. financial system.
CARB proposes new rules for defining EV battery health
Charged
MAY 31, 2021
The regulations would also require a “customer readable state of health metric,” allowing buyers to ascertain the state of health (SOH) of a particular vehicle without the need for any special tool. The vehicle maker would have to clearly specify the SOH percentage that qualifies for warranty repair.
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Planet and ASU expand partnership to build global scale solutions for sustainability
Planet Pulse
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
In exciting news for planet Earth, we are thrilled to announce that we have solidified a Strategic Partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) to facilitate climate action through education and research, workforce development, and a science-first approach toward innovation.
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'Significant momentum': Support for climate risk reporting surges, but action remains thin
Business Green
OCTOBER 29, 2020
While a signficant and growing proportion of the global economy now recognises the need for corporate climate risk disclosures, there remains a significant gap between words and action, marked by a continued failure among asset managers to adequately relay climate risk data to their clients.
Climate Policy News You Can Use — November 2023
EDF + Business
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Welcome the SEC’s final rule on climate disclosure As I’ve written previously , the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to release its final rule on climate-related financial disclosure in the next couple of months. Take Action: Prepare to make a positive statement on the release of the SEC’s final rule.
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FCA warns misleading benchmarks could create 'trust deficit'
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
In a letter published last week, FCA director of infrastructure and exchanges Edwin Schooling Latter said the regulator was concerned that the subjective nature of ESG factors, alongside the use of ESG data and ratings in benchmark methodologies, "give rise to an increased risk of poor disclosures in ESG benchmark statements".
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