A Buyer’s Guide to Assurance on Sustainability Information
WBCSD and ICAEW have updated the Buyer’s Guide to Assurance on Sustainability Information, building on the first edition published in 2019. The sustainability reporting and (…)
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Physical Risk and Board Accountability in the UK: The Cost of Inaction
Key Takeaway Physical risks from climate change and nature loss are accelerating and becoming increasingly financially material to UK companies — disrupting operations, affecting insurability (…)
NCS Alliance Statement on the release of the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2
The Natural Climate Solutions Alliance welcomes the release of Version 2 of the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard. The updated standard provides (…)
PACT Methodology Version 3
PACT Methodology V3: Methodology for Calculating and Exchanging Cradle-to-Gate Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) The PACT Methodology Version 3 provides a harmonized, transparent, and practical framework (…)
ESG ratings: friend or foe?
ESG ratings play a key role in investment processes, shaping how companies are screened, monitored, and compared across markets. At the same time, corporate leaders (…)
Prudential Policy, Climate Risk and the ECB Collateral Framework: Why It Matters for Business
This note, developed with CMS, explores how recent European Central Bank (ECB) developments in European prudential policy have the potential to strengthen the translation of (…)
Avoided emissions: focus on the investment case
Avoided emissions are increasingly used to assess and disclose how technologies and solutions contribute to system‑level decarbonization. WBCSD has developed the globally leading framework for avoided emissions assessment and disclosure. The role of avoided (…)
Natural Climate Solution Carbon Credits: The Role of Jurisdictional REDD+ Programs
Jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs are emerging as one of the most important mechanisms to address deforestation at scale while delivering high-integrity carbon credits. Operating at (…)
Unlocking shared value: How retrofitting commercial real estate lowers costs, mitigates risk, and creates long-term value
As companies accelerate their transition to net-zero emissions, they often overlook a strategic decarbonization lever: the real estate portfolios they own, lease or occupy. The (…)
Greenhouse Gas Emission Benefits from the Forest Products Industry
The report “Greenhouse Gas Emission benefits from the Forest Products Industry” quantifies greenhouse gas emissions avoided by the global forest products industry through the use (…)