Communications & Reporting

The disruptors: Nordea's Sasja Beslik, the former refugee who is shaking up banking

Oliver Balch, (Jan 8, 2018)

The Swedish bank’s intrepid head of sustainable finance, who narrowly escaped Bosnia with his life at 19, tells Oliver Balch that ‘green’ finance is a lot of hot air until it makes a difference on the ground

Corporates step up climate promises at One Planet Summit

Oliver Balch, (Dec 19, 2017)

225 investors launch Climate Action 100+ scheme to put pressure on big polluters, 237 companies commit to climate-related disclosure, while World Bank pledges to stop funding coal on second anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement

Claire Manuel, (Dec 14, 2017)

With only 6% of companies measuring their contributions to key Sustainable Development Goals, according to the WBCSD, more work is needed to translate increased intention this year into real action, reports Claire Manuel

The role of industry-wide stakeholders-centric initiatives in forcing change

Conference Recording, (Dec 12, 2017)

The Impact of Section 54 (Transparency in supply chains) of Modern Slavery Act

Conference Recording, (Dec 12, 2017)

How to identify data that can measure social impact

Conference Recording, (Dec 11, 2017)

How to analyse the business value of social purpose

Conference Recording, (Dec 11, 2017)

Why UK banks are falling behind French in response to climate change

Sonia Hierzig, (Dec 11, 2017)

A new ranking by responsible investment NGO ShareAction shows that French banks outperform their European peers on climate-related issues. ShareAction’s Sonia Hierzig argues that the UK should follow France in making disclosures on climate-related risks and opportunities mandatory

Report review: Climate A-lister Tetra Pak links reporting with SDGs

Claire Manuel, (Dec 1, 2017)

The packaging giant has adopted the GRI framework for its latest sustainability report, aligning performance to how it is addressing nine of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But slow progress on its goal of doubling recycling rates by 2020 has prompted it to adopt new metrics

The disruptors: Paul Simpson, the atypical activist who woke C-suites to climate risk

Oliver Balch, (Nov 23, 2017)

The founder of CDP tells Oliver Balch how the organisation he started 17 years ago has helped transform corporate and investor attitudes to climate change