Working group summary: Innovation in design for sustainability
Businesses must assess the materials they use to reduce the ESG impact of their value chains
Working group summary: Raising capital through GSS bonds
Businesses are increasingly using GSS bonds to finance environmental and social projects
TELUS’ approach to issuing Canada’s first sustainability-linked bond
Telus’ sustainability-linked bond has successfully improved the company’s ESG performance while attracting new investors
How CSOs are developing next-generation operating structures
Leaders discussed how they are adapting their organisations’ governance models to address sustainability
How CSOs are managing new ESG regulations
Leaders discussed the steps their organisations are taking to keep pace with new and more stringent sustainability regulations, as well as differences between jurisdictions
Working group summary: Scope 3 data collection
Sustainability executives still struggle to obtain accurate CO2 data from their organisations’ supply chains
Schneider Electric’s approach to decarbonize its top-1000 suppliers
Schneider Electric has committed to reduce half the operational carbon footprint from its top 1000 suppliers by 2025. To do so, the company has launched a new program to help its suppliers decarbonize
KWS’s approach to kickstarting its upstream Scope 3 programme
KWS predicts the cost of CO2 for its business could rise to approximately 83 million Euros by the end of the decade, spurring the company to invest in its decarbonisation program
The Energy Transition Hub – a demo of Shell’s Scope 3 digital platform
Shell has recently launched the Supplier Energy Transition Hub – an online platform that stores Scope 3 emissions data and encourages collaboration between customers and suppliers.
Building a procurement sustainability programme
To reduce their environmental and social footprint, organisations must develop a formal procurement approach to sustainability and work closely with suppliers to deliver improvements
Three key commitments from COP26
As the dust settles on the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, we explore how some members are leading the way on impact
Guide: Integrating digitalisation into an ESG strategy
Digital technologies are transforming how companies operate and providing new opportunities to build more sustainable businesses. Advanced technologies such as big data, blockchain and machine learning are driving the digitisation of all corporate functions, including R&D, manufacturing and procurement. These technologies help businesses to generate, collect and process vast amounts of data, and, consequently, enable […]
