This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board A set of standards released by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will set worldwide sustainability reporting requirements for decades to come.The standards place more onus on companies to disclose how […]New global sustainability reporting requirements are out. Here’s what companies need to know
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board A set of standards released by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will set worldwide sustainability reporting requirements for decades to come.The standards place more onus on companies to disclose how […]How can national oil companies overcome the challenges of ESG reporting?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Doug Johnston, Energy Leader, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY, Renée van Heusden, Head of Oil and Gas Industry, World Economic Forum Geneva, Marlina Razak, Project Fellow, Platform on Shaping the Future of Energy, Materials, and Infrastructure, World […]Digital Finance: new Commission strategy paves the way for modern and streamlined supervisory data reporting
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today presented a new strategy to improve and modernise financial supervisory reporting in the EU. The strategy’s main objective is to put in place a system that delivers accurate, consistent, and timely data to supervisory authorities at EU and national […]Now is the time for companies to act on sustainability reporting
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Carmine Di Sibio, Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EY & Punit Renjen, Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte & Bill Thomas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KPMG International & Robert E. Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC Business leaders have […]COP21 Paris: The Final Agreement Adopted-full text
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+ United Nations FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1 Distr.: Limited 12 December 2015 Original: English Conference of the Parties Twenty-first session Paris, 30 November to 11 December 2015 Agenda item 4(b) Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (decision 1/CP.17) Adoption of a protocol, another legal instrument, or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties […]
COP21 Breaking News_12 December: 195 countries adopt the First Universal Climate Agreement
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“I hear no objection in the room, I declare the Paris climate agreement adopted.” It was with these words, on Saturday, 12 December, that Laurent Fabius closed the fierce negotiations that had been underway for two weeks in Le Bourget. A long standing ovation and shouts of joy followed in the room where the 195 […]COP21 Breaking News_12 December: The New Draft Agreement!
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United Nations FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1 Distr.: Limited 12 December 2015 Original: English Conference of the Parties Twenty-first session Paris, 30 November to 11 December 2015 Agenda item 4(b) Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (decision 1/CP.17) Adoption of a protocol, another legal instrument, or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties ADOPTION […]COP21 Breaking News_12 December: Another sleepless night for the negotiators before Indaba meeting
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The Paris Committee met on Thursday, 10 December at 9 p.m. to receive the new version of the text, which was the result of a sleepless night and a day of intense negotiations. This new text (read the draft agreement) was slightly shorter than the previous version, reduced from 29 pages to 27, with some complex points still […]COP21 Breaking News_10 December: the final sprint of the Final Agreement Negotiations
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The latest meeting of the Paris Committee at 8 p.m. on Wednesday 9 December was eagerly awaited, with the “La Seine” plenary room filling up quickly. The 196 Parties had to say if they would agree to work on the new text set out a few hours earlier by COP21 President Laurent Fabius. This was […]COP21 Breaking News_10 December:#ParisAgreement: Points that remain in suspense
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Objectives and level of ambition of the agreement, financial support for countries of the South, and burden sharing between developed and developing countries are all difficult issues that remain to be decided on by Friday, the end of the Climate Conference, which should produce a universal pact to combat climate change. – An “ambitious” agreement? […]COP21 Breaking News_10 December: UN Climate Chief Calls for Final Push to Meet Adaptation Fund Goal Very Close to Target
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Paris, 10 December 2015 – UN climate chief Christiana Figueres today called for a final push to meet the funding goals for the Adaptation Fund, which assists vulnerable communities in developing countries adapt to climate change. The Adaptation Fund has received new pledges for 2015 amounting to almost $75 million, including from Germany, Sweden, Italy, […]COP21 Breaking News_09 December: The Draft Agreement Updated
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DRAFT PARIS OUTCOME A. DRAFT AGREEMENT DRAFT TEXT on COP 21 agenda item 4 (b) Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (decision 1/CP.17) Adoption of a protocol, another legal instrument, or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties Version 1 of 9 December 2015 at 15:00 [The Parties to this […]
