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Blog | 27 Sep 2023

Understand the Requirements of this First Set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards

Mark Vaessen, KPMG Partner in The Netherlands, looks at key features of the final European Sustainability Reporting Standards and interoperability with international standard-settings initiatives. From FY24, companies will be required to provide granular sustainability information.

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Blog | 20 Sep 2023

Nature Disclosures will 'Become the Norm'

The final TNFD recommendations were launched at New York Climate Week 2023. Toby Roxburgh, ICAEW’s Sustainability Manager, Nature and Biodiversity, explains what this means and why it matters.

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Blog | 15 Sep 2023

EU Green Deal vs. US Inflation Reduction Act

In this blog, André Guedel and Olivier Eichenberger, KPMG Switzerland, explore the different types of incentives for innovation, sustainable industrialization and decarbonization in the EU and the USA.

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Blog | 4 Aug 2023

European Sustainability Reporting Standards

Deloitte's blog on European Sustainability Reporting Standards: unpacking the commission’s first delegated act.

Blog | 30 Jun 2023

Mary Ethna Black: Inspiration and the power of positive stories

In the third blog of her seven-part series on being a climate-active non-executive director, Chapter Zero Fellow Dr Mary Ethna Black looks at inspiration and the power of positive stories.

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Blog | 28 Jun 2023

Navigating the EU Taxonomy: an interview with our experts

As large businesses and financial institutions prepare to disclose their taxonomy eligible and aligned activities for 2023, what have been some core challenges from the most recent reporting year, and how can organisations and financial institutions ensure better alignment? Carbon Trust policy and finance experts, Carolina and Noor, reflect.

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Blog | 1 Feb 2023

Stepping Up to a New Level of ESG Reporting

KPMG's blog which assesses global companies’ readiness for the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive shows large and significant gaps.

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Blog | 1 Nov 2022

A devilish duality: How CEOs can square resilience with net-zero promises

Amid turbulence on the path to net zero, leaders will have to be much nimbler to balance resilience with an energy future that is secure, affordable, and clean. McKinsey explores five actions that can help.

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Blog | 26 Apr 2022

Keeping good company: Chapter Zero reaches 2,000 members

As Chapter Zero passes the 2,000-member mark, Julie Baddeley, Chair of the Chapter Zero Board, reflects on what makes Chapter Zero unique and why this moment is so significant.

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Blog | 1 Sep 2020

The Board’s role in sustainability

Harvard Business Review Sustainable Business Practices: A new framework for getting directors behind ESG efforts by Robert G. Eccles, Mary Johnstone-Louis, Colin Mayer, and Judith C. Stroehle.