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Why Giant Eagle pushed back its sustainability deadlines
The grocer adjusted two of its three sustainability strategy cornerstones by updating the benchmarks and moving the completion dates back by five years.
By Peyton Bigora • May 14, 2025 -
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NOAA stops tracking cost of extreme weather and climate disasters
The data can't be replicated by city and state governments, scientists say.
By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • May 12, 2025 -
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OpinionTackling ESG: 3 keys to getting internal audits in order
CFOs should keep these priority areas in mind as they undergo internal audits and look to set themselves up for long-term ESG reporting success.
By Jack Reagan • May 9, 2025 -
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Q&AHow CSOs should use AI for sustainability: KPMG’s US ESG lead
KPMG’s Maura Hodge outlines some business opportunities for how companies can use artificial intelligence to aid their sustainability goals.
By Lamar Johnson • May 8, 2025 -
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OpinionWhat the SBTi’s draft corporate net-zero standard revision means for businesses
The United Nations-backed group’s plan to update its corporate net-zero standard is a “shift toward a more inclusive, globally relevant framework,” says EcoAct’s Ruaridh Welsh.
By Ruaridh Welsh • May 7, 2025 -
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DOT repeals highway GHG emissions reporting rule
The Biden-era rule, which required states and metropolitan planning organizations to monitor and set targets to reduce CO2 emissions, faced political opposition and lawsuits.
By Dan Zukowski • April 30, 2025 -
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ISSB proposes easing corporate scope 3 reporting requirements
The global standard setter has suggested changes to its IFRS S2 framework aimed at providing companies relief from reporting scope 3 emissions related to certain financial activities.
By Zoya Mirza • April 29, 2025 -
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More anti-DEI shareholder proposals fail at Goldman Sachs, Levi’s
Proposals aimed at overturning or altering companies’ DEI practices have been unpopular with shareholders. Submissions to the financial institution and clothing company received less than 2% support.
By Lamar Johnson • April 28, 2025 -
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Mondelēz sustainability report shows challenges in lowering virgin plastic
The snack foods manufacturer detailed gaps between its 2024 virgin and recycled plastic trends and its 2025 targets in an annual report.
By Maria Rachal • April 23, 2025 -
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Lego removes DEI mentions from latest ESG report
A webpage touting Lego’s “diverse and inclusive workplace” remains on the company’s site.
By Caroline Colvin • April 17, 2025 -
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NZBA scraps requirement for banks to strictly target a 1.5°C warming scenario
The United Nations’ Net-Zero Banking Alliance has updated its guidelines in the wake of departures, with its latest guidance aiming for global warming “well below 2°C.”
By Lamar Johnson • April 15, 2025 -
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EU legislators work to simplify sustainability reporting requirements
The European Union has delayed sustainability reporting for the CSRD and CSDDD while legislators work to simplify the underlying requirements for businesses.
By Lamar Johnson • April 10, 2025 -
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Shareholder advocacy targets flexible packaging, reusables and recycling labels
Coca-Cola, Hyatt, Sealed Air, Starbucks and Wyndham recently reached agreements with shareholder advocates. Proposals remain pending at Amazon, Home Depot, Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz, PepsiCo and Wendy’s.
By Cole Rosengren • April 8, 2025 -
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EU parliament votes to ‘stop the clock’ on sustainability reporting
The European Parliament voted Thursday to delay reporting timelines for the bloc’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
By Lamar Johnson • April 4, 2025 -
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Ford asks investors to vote down supply chain emissions proposal
Shareholder Green Century Capital Management wants the automaker to regularly disclose its strategies for meeting low-carbon steel benchmarks, among others.
By Haley Cawthon • April 4, 2025 -
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Amex says it stopped using diversity goals to set pay last year
A conservative legal group filed a proposal stating the company should do away with such incentives, but the company said it already shifted away from that practice.
By Patrick Cooley • April 3, 2025 -
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European Council adopts proposal to delay sustainability reporting
The European Parliament has set an April 1 vote for the “stop the clock” measure, which would officially delay reporting deadlines for the bloc’s corporate sustainability laws.
By Lamar Johnson • March 31, 2025 -
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SEC withdraws defense of climate-risk disclosure rule
The agency will no longer defend its rule requiring companies to disclose certain climate-related risks, a move one commissioner called an attempt to “unlawfully” dismantle the rule.
By Lamar Johnson • March 28, 2025 -
ING becomes first global bank with SBTi-validated targets
The bank set targets to reduce its scope 1 and scope 2 emissions for 2030, as well as portfolio targets related to its fossil fuel financing.
By Lamar Johnson • March 27, 2025 -
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Disney shareholders vote to remain in embattled LGBTQ+ ranking
Only 1% of shareholders voted in favor of stepping back from the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index.
By Caroline Colvin • March 26, 2025 -
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CARB asked to implement California’s climate disclosure laws, align with global standards
Ceres asked the California Air Resources Board to support climate laws to “help deliver standardized, high-quality disclosures of companies’ climate related financial risks.”
By Zoya Mirza • March 21, 2025 -
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SBTi releases draft of updated corporate net-zero standard
The Science Based Targets initiative said this “Version 2” of the standard focuses on companies going “from ambition to progress.”
By Lamar Johnson • March 20, 2025 -
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Amid shifting views on ESG, investors retain climate focus: Berkeley Climate Summit
Anti-ESG backlash, reporting hurdles and regulatory uncertainty have put sustainability at a crossroads, panelists said.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • March 19, 2025 -
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SEC pushes back Names Rule compliance dates
Funds will now have an additional six months to comply with the rule requiring funds’ investment strategies to align with any advertised purposes, like ESG or sustainability.
By Lamar Johnson • March 18, 2025 -
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Deere shareholders vote down anti-DEI proposal
The move comes months after the tractor giant rolled back its support for “social or cultural awareness events” in July.
By Nathan Owens • March 17, 2025
