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Expert Takes: Key Takeaways from COP27

By Linden Edgell

24 November 2022

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The Next Global Resource Crisis

By Daniel Litvin

22 November 2022

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GlobeScan / SustainAbility Survey: Temperature Check - Ensuring SDG and Paris Agreement Success

This publication presents findings from the latest GlobeScan / SustainAbility Institute by ERM Survey of 215 sustainability experts across 41 countries from corporate, academia, NGO, and other sectors.

14 November 2022

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The Fertilizer Industry’s Role in Decarbonization: A Vision for Egypt and the World

A coalition including EBRD, the IFA, the Arab Fertilizer Association, and other key Egyptian public and private sector stakeholders came together to ask ERM and Environics to develop and present a vision for a low-carbon and climate-resilient pathway for Egypt’s nitrogen fertilizer industry in time for COP27.

10 November 2022

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Executive primer

The Decarbonization Imperative: An Executive Primer

By Andrew Angle , Aiste Brackley , Alba Fuentes Delpon , Mark Lee

10 November 2022

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Report

A Better Blueprint for Corporate Climate Scenario Analysis

A new report by The SustainAbility Institute by ERM explores ways to understand and implement innovative climate scenario analysis and is designed to engage stakeholders at the most senior levels within companies.

By James Hubbard , Hannah Simon

09 November 2022

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Expert Takes: Decarbonization and ESG best practice in Private Markets

By Jaideep Das , Michael Eisenberg

09 November 2022

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Expert takes: COP 27 industry outlook

By Michael Ottaviano , Alison Drury , Trista Chen , Gretchen Taylor

04 November 2022

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Expert Takes: Expectations of COP 27

By Linden Edgell , Matt Haddon

03 November 2022

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Expert Briefing

Over Two Years with the EU Taxonomy

This report addresses the challenges companies face in complying with the requirements of the new EU Taxonomy Regulation. It seeks to answer key questions on lessons learned from the first year reporting, challenges for companies in striving for Taxonomy-alignment, and how Taxonomy-style reporting fits into the evolving global landscape of ESG and sustainability reporting.

By Johann Weicht , Katja Görtz , Marina d’Engelbronner , Onur Durmus

25 October 2022

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Don't Spiral out of (Internal) Control: The Importance of Internal Controls for Sustainability Performance

Joe Rizzo, Project Manager with ERM CVS, discusses how the delivery of a company's sustainability strategy depends on the tone set from the top – board, audit committee, chief sustainability officer – and their approach to managing sustainability priorities.

By Joe Rizzo

11 October 2022

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Four key actions to support employees through climate anxiety

By Marilee Robertson , Karen Aitchison

10 October 2022

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Rating the Raters Yet Again: Six Challenges for ESG Ratings

Following their previous blog, the Rate the Raters research team examine six of the key challenges that face ESG raters today.

By Aiste Brackley , Emily K. Brock, Ph.D. , Justin Nelson

04 October 2022

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Accelerating Investment in Natural Climate Solutions

Andrew Angle and Aiste Brackley at the SustainAbility Institute by ERM, and Giulia Carbone at the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance discuss the high potential of Natural Climate Solutions and the Voluntary Carbon Market, and the guide for C-Suite Executives launched at this year’s Climate Week in NYC.

By Andrew Angle , Aiste Brackley , Giulia Carbone

28 September 2022

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Rating the Raters Yet Again: Increasing ESG Scrutiny Makes Current Rate the Raters Study Even More Crucial

The Rate the Raters research team capture some of the questions surrounding today’s ESG ratings landscape, and why the the results of the 2023 iteration of this study will be more crucial than ever.

By Aiste Brackley , Emily K. Brock, Ph.D. , Justin Nelson

22 September 2022

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