Sustainability Archives

Managing Carbon Governance

By Dr Rory Sullivan

Companies need to respond to climate change – both mitigation (emissions reductions) and adaptation – as a strategic business concern, not simply as an operational issue. From an investment perspective, the ultimate test of a company’s …

Manifest-I reader offer – 20% off “Greenhouse Gas Management”

Manifest-I readers can claim an exclusive 20% discount on Dr Rory Sullivan’s latest report: ” Corporate Greenhouse Gas Management”.

This report offers practical recommendations to companies seeking to respond effectively to climate change-related business drivers while also offering them the …

Will Integrated Reporting Deliver Value or Values?

By Guest Author: Dr Rory Sullivan

There is growing support for the idea that companies should produce ‘integrated reports’ that explain how factors such as climate change, resource use or human rights will affect their current and future performance. The …

Gender Diversity: Quotas or Targets?

Gender diversity is proving to be a controversial topic in the marketplace as businesses and investors debate the issues raised by the recent review by Lord Davies on gender diversity in the corporate world.

Following the publication of ‘Women on …

Re-defining CSR disclosure

The European Commission has been busily working on responsible investment issues in recent weeks, culminating in two documents: A consultation on “Disclosure of Non-Financial Information by Companies” and a summary of responses to their green paper on corporate governance in …

Carbon reporting – UK plcs fail to make the grade

The carbon footprint reporting of the UK’s top 100 listed companies is highly variable claims Deloitte and only a handful of companies come close to complying with current UK government guidance ^[1]. According to Deloitte’s analysis, published today, …

European SRI market in good shape

Despite the slowdown in economic growth over the last two years, the European market for socially responsible investment (SRI) market has almost doubled since 2008, and is now worth in the region of €5trn in assets under management.

The findings, …

Manifest forms strategic ESG partnership

Two of Europe’s leading independent investment service providers within their fields, GES Investment Services and Manifest Information Services, today announce that they have formed a strategic partnership. Bringing together specialist research in environmental, social and governance issues with global proxy …

How ready are you for climate change?

RailPen would very much like to know what their fund managers are doing to address this key sustainability issue. And to help them with their review, they have worked with HSBC and Linklaters to develop a 77 question Risk Audit …

Tomorrow’s (Swedish) Company

Tomorrow’s Company, the UK-based ‘think and do’ tank on successful, sustainable business yesterday launched their latest study “Tomorrow’s Corporate Governance: Bridging the UK Engagement Gap Through Swedish-style Nomination Committees”, at the opening of the ICGN mid-year conference at the Guildhall …