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From compliance to catalyst: How EHS audits must drive business value

By Magali Pires, Al Hocking, Vincent Sauvaire, William Cooke

27 June 2025

Missing Link: How financial quantification accelerates sustainability value creation

By Andrew Probert, Mark Lee, Jacco Kroon

20 June 2025

Navigating uncertainty: How to anticipate and minimize risk in a shifting US environmental regulatory landscape

By Lori Dinkelmann, Doug Parker

18 June 2025

In flux - EU Omnibus update

By Anna Jakobsen, Scott Nelson, Johann Weicht, Jacco Kroon

12 June 2025

Federal energy policy shifts: Insights from recent Executive Orders

By Michael Leifman

03 June 2025

Three steps to leverage your Scope 3 disclosure for value creation

By Andrew Marsh-Patrick, Riara Woodley

02 June 2025

Infrastructure Developers in Africa Can Efficiently Meet Lenders’ ESG Requirements—and Gain Competitive Advantage

By Nigel Seed

27 May 2025

Low-carbon hydrogen isn’t failing - it’s having its dotcom moment

By David Hart, Jacco Kroon

19 May 2025

EU Omnibus Policy Alert: Recommendations for companies on how to prepare for the upcoming changes

By Laurent Beuselinck, Aiste Brackley, Jacco Kroon, Johann Weicht

07 March 2025

Sustainability Trends Quarterly Outlook - October 2024

By Lauren Kwok, Dia Rizakos, Andrew Angle, Jacco Kroon

29 October 2024

Paint it Green: Strategies for Detecting and Combatting Greenwashing in ESG Ratings

By Alexandra Walker, Hélène Gaudin

01 August 2024

Blog

Navigating climate-related financial risk

By James Hubbard, Ed Beech, Kay Downey, Becky Nibbs

02 September 2024

Blog

Navigating multiple truths - to successfully transform, companies need to be at ease with ambiguity

By Andrew Angle, Jacco Kroon, Maren Steinkemper

19 August 2024

Blog

Paint it Green: Strategies for Detecting and Combatting Greenwashing in ESG Ratings

By Alexandra Walker, Hélène Gaudin

01 August 2024

Report

Breaking Chains, Building Sustainably: Overcoming supply chain barriers

By Ed Struzik, Dia Rizakos, Katie Langemeier

25 July 2024

Report

How to unlock wind and solar energy potential in Latin America and Africa

By Christopher Hope, Eliza Topliff, Prasiddhi Shrestha, Rose Kilonzo

23 July 2024

Report

The Global Regulations Radar

By Aiste Brackley, Ramesh Narasimhan, Justin Nelson

11 July 2024

Report

NCS for the Voluntary Carbon Market - An Investor Guide for Companies and Financial Institutions

By ERM Sustainability Institute, ERM, Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, Forest Investor Club

27 June 2024

Report

2024 Sustainability Leaders Survey

Findings from the 2024 Sustainability Leaders survey reinforce the urgency of climate action and point to the proliferation of legislation promoting sustainability across the globe, while simultaneously noting significant backlash against the ESG agenda.

25 June 2024

Report

Catching the wave

By Jacco Kroon, ERM Sustainability Institute, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

22 April 2024

Report

ISSB's IFRS S1/S2: Laying the foundation for global mandatory disclosures

By Catherine Osborn, Katie Langemeier

15 February 2024

Article

Double-edged: 5 steps to comply with CBAM and add strategic value

By David Neilson, Richard Betts, Clive Abel, Alex Kauffmann

23 January 2024

Report

Unsung cornerstone of ESG disclosures: The Evolving role of EU Taxonomy reporting

By Claudia Funk, Johann Weicht, Katja Görtz

15 December 2023

Blog

ISSB's first act

By Catherine Osborn, Aiste Brackley, Katie Langemeier, Paul Simpson OBE

06 December 2023

Report

Renewables Conundrums - Renewable(s) Resilience: Four steps to bolster renewable energy supply chains

By Andrew Angle, Todd Hall, Christopher Hope

05 December 2023

Survey

GlobeScan / ERM Sustainability Institute Pulse Survey: Government Action

By Mark Lee, Dia Rizakos, Justin Nelson

28 November 2023

Report

Renewables Conundrums - Unlocking Net Zero: Why Renewables Conundrums are Key to Corporate Climate Action

By Andrew Angle, Todd Hall, Mark Lee

08 November 2023

Blog

The Rising Role of Cybersecurity in ESG and How Companies Are Taking Action

By Richard Jack Whittingham, Hélène Gaudin

30 October 2023

Report

Sustainability trends quarterly outlook - October 2023

30 October 2023

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Sustainable connections podcast

ERM's Sustainable Connections podcast explores how business can innovate and collaborate to catalyze systemic action.

Listen to podcasts

Episode 31: Achieving zero freshwater use featuring Cemex

Episode 30: Navigating the EU Omnibus

Episode 29: Transforming towards sustainable chemicals featuring WBCSD and Syensqo

Episode 28: Sustainability trends in 2025

Episode 27: Accelerating wind energy in Asia Pacific featuring GWEC

Episode 26: Reflections from COP29

Episode 25: The future of water resilience in the US featuring J.P. Morgan

Episode 24: Developing hydrogen ecosystems featuring HYCAP and MorGen Energy

Episode 23: Navigating nature tech solutions for business featuring the NatureTech Alliance

Episode 22: How to sell sustainability to business leaders featuring John Elkington

Episode 21: What Climate Week NYC meant for business

Episode 20: How mining can accelerate the energy transition featuring Rio Tinto

Episode 19: Scaling climate investment featuring General Atlantic

Episode 18: US renewable energy procurement featuring CEBA

Episode 17: SEC climate disclosure featuring Steptoe

Episode 16: Closing the nature data gap featuring Planet

Episode 15: How to scale the hydrogen economy featuring the Clean Hydrogen Partnership

Episode 14: Understanding nature disclosure featuring TNFD

Episode 13: Aligning sustainability and financial reporting featuring IFRS Foundation

Episode 12: Tripling renewable energy by 2030 featuring the Global Renewables Alliance

Episode 11: Sustainable seafood featuring Thai Union

Episode 10: Engaging with investors on ESG issues featuring Vale

Episode 9: The business case for ESG featuring KKR

Episode 8: Accelerating private market impact investment featuring Ardian

Episode 7: Building nature into business strategy featuring Salesforce

Episode Six: Understanding ESG ratings featuring CDP and CDPQ

Episode Five: Engaging with indigenous communities featuring Affinity North and Stratos

Episode Four: Managing the US energy transition featuring American Electric Power

Episode Three: Aligning finance portfolios with the Paris Agreement featuring J.P. Morgan

Episode Two: Finding the ways that work over five decades of environmental action and progress featuring the Environmental Defense Fund

Episode One: Natural climate solutions and the importance of collaboration featuring Bayer Crop Science and WBCSD

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