By Joanna Plucinska, Toby Sterling and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Airlines around the world are facing scrutiny from advertising and consumer agencies, regulators, and courts over allegedly making misleading claims about their sustainability efforts, sometimes dubbed “greenwashing”. While a civil suit lodged against KLM (AIRF.PA) in the Netherlands is one of the …
What Would Happen if the World Cut Meat and Milk Consumption in Half?
By Max Graham, Grist Agricultural emissions would fall by almost a third. But getting there wouldn’t be easy. Cows are often described as climate-change criminals because of how much planet-warming methane they burp. But there’s another problem with livestock farming that’s even worse for the climate and easier to overlook: To feed …
ISSB Urged to Prioritize Human and Worker Rights in Next Set of Reporting Standards
By Sustainable Brands The investor letter asserts that the financial materiality of human rights-related topics – and the critical role of human rights due diligence in identifying business risks – has never been clearer, and that ‘investors are in dire need of a unified social disclosure framework.’ A coalition of …
Introducing Resilience Science: A Visionary Shift for Corporate Strategy and Reporting
By Luke Heilbuth, Sustainable Brands Climate resilience is the ‘resilience of a company’s strategy and business model to climate-related changes, developments and uncertainties.’ This language is worth reflecting on, as it brings the concept of resilience science into mainstream business thinking. Background In June, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) issued its inaugural standards — IFRS …
Salesforce, Deloitte, WEF Calling on Startups Ready to Fuel Sustainable Aviation
Sustainable Brands The challenge seeks next-generation aviation solutions including alternative fuels and propulsion technologies; and innovations in feedstock, engineering, and physical and market infrastructure. Today, Salesforce, Deloitte and a coalition of aviation and energy companies launched a call for game-changing solutions to support the decarbonization of aviation. The Sustainable Aviation Challenge — supported by Airbus, Breakthrough Energy, Boom Supersonic, JetBlue …
In Current Regulatory Climate, Alt Proteins Can’t Cut It in Race to Reduce Impact of Food
By Tom Idle, Sustainable Brands Phasing out animal agriculture over the next 15 years could reduce GHGs 68% by the year 2100. Yet, ongoing lobbying and subsidies in the US and EU are not giving alternatives the chance to fully compete. If you’re in the market to solve the climate …
Alberta Led the Nation in Wind and Solar Growth, so Why is it Calling for a Moratorium?
By Mitchell Beer and Rob Drinkwater, Corporate Knights While Alberta renewable energy producers warn of billions in lost investments, and a veteran oil and gas writer suggests “political intrigue” behind the decision, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has come up with a novel way to blame Ottawa after her government slapped …
At Long Last, There’s a Metric for Quantifying the Monetary Value of Sustainability Investments
By Tom Idle, Sustainable Brands Astanor Ventures’ Impact Multiple on Investment methodology translates the expected and realized benefits of invested-in products or services into monetary terms — helping investors make more informed, strategic decisions. Anybody working in sustainability is only too aware how crucial impact measurement is to maintaining performance. …
New Research Confirms Land-Sea Relationship is Major Driver of Coral Reef Health Outcomes
By Katelyn Reinhart, Arizona State University Researchers tracked coral reef health in Hawaii for 20 years Climate change has long been considered as one of the greatest drivers of declining coral reefs, but the specifics of human impact have been largely unverified. In a new paper, researchers tracked coral reef …
Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Project Could Produce Power This Year
By Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American Construction has begun on the Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. It could provide enough clean energy to power 400,000 homes per year. A view of stacked GE Haliade-X turbine blades at the New Bedford Marine Terminal, to be used on the Vineyard …