CSRD: the directive and the impact on businesses
Learn about CSRD reporting, a critical directive shaping corporate sustainability reporting in the EU, including its requirements and impact on businesses.
Green asset Ratio (GAR)
In the new framework defined by the European Taxonomy, with regard to the rules and objectives for classifying business activities that are considered environmentally, socially, and governance sustainable, a prominent point much discussed at the moment, especially in the financial world, is covered by Article 8 of the Taxonomy.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): new guidelines for sustainability reporting
The state of the art of European legislation aimed at defining the legislative framework for sustainable investment is certainly the most advanced and defined in the global landscape at present.
What is SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) and its implications for firms and businesses
The scope of European Union legislation, in the field of accelerating and harmonizing rules on sustainable finance, has expanded considerably in the past few years and is gradually broadening.
GRI: what it is and how its standards are evolving
GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) is the independent, international organization that helps businesses and other organizations take responsibility for their impacts, by providing them with the global common language to communicate those impacts. It provides the world’s most widely used standards for sustainability reporting – the GRI Standards.
Sustainability strategy for large corporates: from compliance to competitiveness
In the early days of sustainability, many companies viewed it as a regulatory compliance issue. Businesses would do the minimum required to meet environmental standards and then move on, without giving much thought to how sustainability might actually benefit their operations.
Sustainability report: the role of GRI standards
Sustainability reporting has become one of the most relevant practices for organizations willing to prove their value to stakeholders also through their commitment to ESG considerations and environmental issues. There are several sustainability reporting frameworks available to executives, including a few that have become widely used and are backed by international organizations. It is a rapidly evolving set of choices, as an analysis by the Harvard Business review has pointed out. In this context, GRI standards are designed to be an easy-to-use modular set, delivering an inclusive picture of an organization's material topics, their related impacts and how they are managed.
Environmental compliance: all the main elements to take into account
Companies are increasingly expected to demonstrate responsible environmental practices and transparency in their operations to comply with regulations and stakeholders’ increasing requests. Environmental Regulations and Standards encompass a wide range of areas, including emissions control, waste management, resource conservation, and pollution prevention.
Non Financial Reporting Directive - EU Directive 95/2014
The Sustainability reporting, introduced for European companies with the EU Directive 95/2014, represents to date in the international reporting landscape, the starting point of a continuously evolving path that aims to meet numerous challenges, first and foremost the integrated management of non-financial information, structured in a framework that can be as comprehensive as possible, to be placed alongside classic financial reporting.
EU CSDDD: What It Is and How It Will Impact Your Business
As matter of facts EU CSDDD will affect companies, but how is this going to happen? Here you can find the answer