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The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, better known as the TCFD, is an initiative launched in December 2015 by the FSB (Financial Stability Board), an international body founded, with support from G20 members, to promote international financial stability. The purpose of the TCFD is “to help identify the information needed by investors, lenders, and … Continued

More often than ever before, the case for sustainability is primarily a business one. If you are seeking a resource to provide greater clarity around why choosing sustainability is also choosing profitability and practical approaches that translate sustainability into strategy and action, we suggest “Rethinking Strategic Management: Sustainable Strategizing for Positive Impact,” edited by Thomas … Continued

Setting ESG goals and establishing strategic plans to reach those goals is an important activity for companies wishing to position themselves as ethical, responsible and forward-looking organizations. As more Fortune-listed companies set ESG-related goals, a consolidated, online repository of goals is valuable to the global business community as a resource to understand how others are … Continued

Requirements to disclose non-financial performance are steadily increasing for companies and their boards of directors. For larger companies, legal requirements are becoming more stringent, while smaller companies are being weighed down by the expectations of their larger customers and financial market partners. Today, it is no longer enough to report a few key figures and … Continued

Materiality assessments are key to getting to the heart of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that affect a specific company and its stakeholders. Not all ESG issues affect every company, and a materiality assessment is the process of identifying the relevant issues and deciding how much they matter to an organization. Materiality assessments … Continued

Goal Clariant is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals. Before 2016, the company annually released a traditional financial report and a sustainability report meeting the requirements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). In 2016, Clariant decided to embark on the ambitious goal of publishing an Integrated Report, … Continued