Over 250,000 citizens urge Commissioner Costas Kadis to act decisively in the upcoming Ocean Act.
Public pressure is mounting on the European Commission to adopt a binding ban on bottom trawling within marine protected areas. More than 250,000 citizens, scientists, and civil society groups demand decisive action under the upcoming Ocean Act to safeguard marine biodiversity, align with the EU Green Deal, and ensure sustainable fishing practices across Europe.
EU Omnibus simplification talks collapse over supply chain liability dispute
The Omnibus Simplification Talks collapse, leaving corporate sustainability rules in turmoil. Find out what it means.
How four European banks address discrimination
A comparison how four European banks, ING (Netherlands), Sparkasse (Germany), Crédit Agricole (France) and CaixaBank (Spain), address discrimination and customer inclusion.
Children born today face far greater climate extremes
Children born in 2020 will experience significantly more climate extremes over their lifetimes than previous generations, even if global warming is limited to internationally agreed targets. That is the conclusion of a new scientific study published in Nature. The research was conducted by a international team researchers led by Dr. Luke Grant and Prof. Wim […]
The Inner Development Goals: the human factor missing from sustainability
5 dimensions of Inner Development Goals
Greens and Socialists try to stop a deregulation push in the EU that could weaken climate and social protections
Greens and Socialists are teaming up with centrists to stop a deregulation push in the EU that could weaken climate and social protections.
Understanding the Double Materiality Assessment (DMA)
The Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) is the process by which the company determines the materiality of sustainability Impacts, Risks and Opportunities (IROs). The scope of the DMA includes the identification of material IROs connected to the company through its direct and indirect business relationships in the upstream and/or downstream value chain.
10x burning questions on the EU Omnibus proposals and the impact on CSRD
Ten key questions on the EU Commission’s Omnibus proposals and the impact on the CSRD.
Understanding the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Whats is the Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive (CSRD)? Understand everything about the European regulation to report on sustainability.
Understanding ESG: how it all started
To understand ESG it helps to know how it all started. The ESG legislation started in 2000 with the UN Millennium Goals.