Intensively farmed livestock has a significant negative environmental and social impact. As consumers increasingly recognise this, there is a huge opportunity for companies to provide more sustainable and ethical alternatives to animal protein.
This year's results from the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) show that a record number of real estate firms are reporting sustainability performance, and are faring better on energy, water, and waste indicators.
With Asia Pacific economies being vulnerable to climate change impacts, analysts say a rise in ESG integration by institutional investors in the region is a boost to its sustainability and resilience.
Chirag Gajjar –
Setting an internal carbon price can help companies prepare for a low-carbon future and make better business decisions. WRI shares 4 lessons from India on how to price carbon.
Sebastian Losada –
Humanity's never-ending hunt for new sources of minerals and resources is turning towards the oceans. Greenpeace International's Sebastian Losada questions the wisdom of doing so.
Jacqueline Tao
and Gautam Jindal –
The finance centre of Southeast Asia has declared ambitions to become a hub for sustainable finance, but how much progress has it made? NUS' Jacqueline Tao investigates.
If the international community is to meet its SDG targets, sustainable finance practices will need to be strengthened, says International Finance Corporation's Ethiopis Tafara. Here's how financiers can do better on sustainability.
Mauritius and Bangladesh are negotiating an agreement that could put an end to bonded labour once and for all, writes Cindy Berman from the Ethical Trading Initative.
Food supply chains today are so complex and opaque that making sustainable food choices today is like crossing a minefield. University of York researchers call for systemic change in order to offer consumers truly sustainable food choices.
Ping Manongdo –
The new GRI Standards by the Global Reporting Initiative moves from merely recommending what to report to identifying exactly what businesses and investors are required to publicly disclose on their impacts.
Corporate responsibility (CR) has grown at a rapid pace in the past two decades. More companies are taking action and reporting on their social, environmental and economic performance. Investors are ...
Launched with much fanfare in September 2015, The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set the agenda for 'transforming our world by 2030'. With 17 overarching goals, from ending poverty in all ...
Researched for the World Travel & Tourism Council, this full report introduces the concepts of ESG Reporting generally and then specifically for Travel & Tourism.