Category: News

GRI and TNFD make reporting on biodiversity easier

Stuart Mitchell

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have published a joint interoperability mapping resource that gives a detailed overview of alignment between the TNFD Disclosure Recommendations and metrics and the GRI Standards. Over the past two years, the TNFD and GRI have worked closely together to support the development of each other’s guidance – notably GRI input into the TNFD Recommendations published in September 2023, and TNFD input into the recently published GRI Biodiversity Standard. Responding to feedback from market participants, the TNFD and GRI…

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More Companies Are Mastering Sustainability Fundamentals to Reduce Risk, Build Resilience and Prepare for Due Diligence

Stuart Mitchell

Companies of all sizes across the EcoVadis Network, particularly those with multiple ratings, are making measurable progress on a broad spectrum of sustainability challenges. These insights and more are found in the eighth edition of the Business Sustainability Index, published today by business sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis.   This edition of the Index explores the trends behind the 125,000+ supplier sustainability ratings (~38,000 in 2023 alone) EcoVadis has delivered to 1,200 leading procurement teams from 2019 through 2023. It looks at how these suppliers, spanning all global regions and major…

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Vicious circle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution has major impacts

Stuart Mitchell

The WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin includes a special focus on wildfires. It also looks at global and regional concentrations of particulate matter pollution and its harmful effects on crops in 2023.  The WMO bulletin was released for Clean Air for Blue Skies Day on 7 September. This year’s theme is Invest in Clean Air Now.  Ambient air pollution causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths annually and wreaks a high economic and environmental cost. The bulletin, the fourth in an annual series, explores the intricate relationship between air quality and climate. …

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PRSA Honored with ASAE Power of Association Silver Award

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA has been honored with a 2024 Power of Association Silver Award for Promise & Pitfalls: The Ethical Use of AI for Public Relations Practitioners. Announced today by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), this Power of Association Award recognizes PRSA for its work to advance industry standards. Promise & Pitfalls is an extensive framework that follows PRSA’s Code of Ethics, and provides best practices for preventing and managing potential ethical challenges that may arise from the improper use of AI tools. PRSA’s Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS) authored…

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Interconnectivity at heart of The Crown Estate’s new Nature Recovery approach

Stuart Mitchell

The Crown Estate has published a new ambition for Nature Recovery that will drive a consistent approach across its diverse assets on land and seabed, following a 12-month engagement process with a wide range of nature experts and organisations.   To ensure cohesive action across a diverse array of habitats and interconnected ecosystems, The Crown Estate sets out company-wide nature goals and commitments that will raise the bar on its ambitions for Nature Recovery. These goals set the focus of its delivery plan and there will be a further update published…

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