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With COP 27 underway, it's time for the annual spike in conversation about sustainability. While it's good that attention is focused on such matters, it has obviously moved past discussion. It is now a situation that requires governments and businesses to take tangible action rather than talk.
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Simon Hill
11.11.2022
In the largest climate survey to date, two-thirds of over 1.2 million people regarded climate change as a global emergency and supported comprehensive climate policies to tackle the crisis. This summer’s extreme temperatures highlighted just how tangible the effects already are.
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Agathe Kuhn
10.11.2022
With numerous CleanTech startups launching every week in the UK, gaining the attention of a VC isn’t easy, so make sure that when you do secure a meeting, you’re investment ready.
31.10.2022
The financial world is slowly waking up to the self-deception behind ESG ratings. Meanwhile, climate tech investors have been pouring more money into climate funds than ever before and are convinced that they are not in danger of making the same mistakes as asset allocators like Deutsche Bank’s asset allocator, DWS, which was raided by police and financial regulators earlier this year.
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Arne Morteani
24.10.2022
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting has become increasingly important in recent years. The latest legislation from the European Union, however, means businesses will have no choice but to take it seriously – something that could have significant consequences for larger enterprises and longer term significant impacts for publicly traded small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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Jessica Camus
26.09.2022
Whether it's saving food from the tip, or giving underwear to people who need it in refugee camps - these nine startups operating in the UK with B Corp certification are making the world a better place.
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14.09.2022
ESG standard setting and reporting are integral to the corporate world’s transition toward net zero: whether they encourage businesses to reflect and improve on their ESG practices, or sanction industry laggards.
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Nicola Stopps
08.08.2022
Reset Connect, the UK's leading Sustainability and Net-Zero Event, established to bridge the gaps between sustainability change-makers, business leaders, government, and funding. After the event we spoke to Mark Scanlon, CEO of Tenet Group about his take ways and the realisation that ESG investment is more than a trend.
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Mark Scanlon
01.08.2022
Startups are a common occurrence here in the UK. Many of us want to start our own businesses - 65% in fact. So, it should come as no surprise that in the first half of 2021, nearly 80 new businesses were registered in the UK every hour.
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Daniel Groves
02.07.2022
Have you measured your ESG score lately? Should you care? Well, if you are startup or a scaleup, your ESG score, such as your product or service’s adherence to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is likely to impact your business’s ability to fundraise and grow.
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Monica Johnson
27.06.2022
The Finnish parliament has approved the Climate Change Act, which mandates the country to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 and carbon negativity by 2040.
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Anja Pries
13.06.2022
Although it seems ESG’s rise to the top of the news agenda was swift, focus on its fundamental elements – Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance – are nothing new. Previously understood through the term ‘CSR’ or corporate social responsibility, many agree that ESG is merely the newest edition in a constant rebrand of the same principles. And in extreme cases, it’s considered a deceptive way of boosting corporate reputation: a guise distracting the industry from a lack of action being taken.
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Nicola Stopps
07.06.2022
From April 2022, a key policy update will make reporting on the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) mandatory by law in the UK, compelling over 1,300 UK companies to disclose information in alignment with the guidelines.
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Olivia O’Brien
17.05.2022
Growing concern around issues such as climate change has seen Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) continue to rise in importance. The recent announcement from Ernst & Young LLP, of a £100M investment in EY Carbon, its dedicated UK sustainability consulting business, only serves to highlight just how much of a priority ESG is for many organisations.
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Jessica Camus
19.04.2022
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