It’s almost the weekend so here’s our weekly sweep of the top five posts, opinion pieces and news headlines that grabbed our attention at Raison Consulting this week.
✨ This just in and hitting the sustainability and ESG news feeds in a big way: CSDDD has been officially approved. A watered down version, sure, but better than the alternative.
✨ The EU continent is warming faster than any other facing catastrophic risks to nature, industries and health, yet the EU’s adaptation policies are far from adequate says EEA in its first ever EU-focused climate risk assessment report.
✨ Biodiversity is moving up the ranks in the sustainable investment space enabled in part by more sophisticated, data-driven methodologies and tools. This week S&P Global launched a new biodiversity tool which found critical dependencies on natural resources in the direct operations of 17,000 global companies.
✨ More than 200 companies had their net zero commitments “removed” by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) as reported in several news outlets earlier this week. What’s happening? (more info in article).
✨ Finally, this week Bloomberg reported that leading scholars and research institutions are questioning the early evidence (by other leading scholars) claiming that good ESG ratings by default leads to higher investment returns.
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Happy weekend to all 👋
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