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From local to global – Looking back at Sustainalize in the BeNeGe region

Olivier, Johanna, and Daniek share their experience on how the approach and maturity of sustainability management differ in the BeNeGe context within the last decade.

There is a great chance that in 2024 your company will need to report in accordance with CSRD. This means quite a big task lies ahead to meet the requirements in only a short amount of time. We identified 5 steps of how you can prepare your reporting already.

An update on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Nick and Helen walk you through the latest developments of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

The European Union has passed the first part of the EU Taxonomy, its instrument to steer investments towards sustainable economic activities. The Taxonomy will offer clarity and certainty to EU companies and financial markets. A key piece to accelerate the green transition.

In October this year, the first science-based framework for companies to set net-zero targets was launched by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), named: ‘The Net-Zero Standard.’ What role will this framework play in the corporate world, and how will the Standard contribute to the low carbon economy transition?

The Round About on Employee Engagement

Nick interviews Lot and Daniek as the hosts of our brand new quarterly client event ‘The Round About’, as they dive deeper into the topic of the first edition: Employee Engagement.

UN Race to Zero

With the CEO breakfast still fresh in mind, Nick speaks with Sacha Goddeke (NS) and Marco Swan (Global Compact Network Netherlands) about the UN Race to Zero campaign and NS’ commitment to having ambitious interim science-based targets aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5°C and/or to reach net-zero global emissions by 2050 at the latest.

This morning a group of leading CEOs announced that their companies have joined the UN Race to Zero, which is the UN-backed global campaign rallying non-state actors across the global economy to take rigorous and immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030 and deliver a healthier and fairer zero carbon world in time.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) recently published its revised Universal Standards, which will become effective as of January 2023. With increased alignment to other frameworks, the updated GRI Universal Standards strengthen the foundation of impact reporting.

COP26: Live from Glasgow (part 2)

None less than ERM’s CEO Keryn James, Global Sustainability Director Linden Edgell, and Global Director Services, Brand and Communications Sabine Hoefnagel bring us up to speed of COP’s current state of play. Listen to the developments made in week one of the 26th World Climate Conference. First-hand and live from the Blue Zone!

Together with the experts from Cority, we organized two webinars where we give you insights into how to meet the new CSRD and the EU taxonomy requirements, how you can gather the necessary data and what role digital solutions play with regards to the reliability and quality of your sustainability-related data.

COP26: What to expect (part 1)

We kick off the 26th World Climate Conference together with Linden Edgell (Global Sustainability Director at ERM), who will be present during the summit.

The European Commission adopted a comprehensive package of measures to help improve the flow of money towards sustainable activities across the European Union, including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

With our brand new client event ‘The Round About’, Lot & Daniek bring people together who are working on the same challenges, creating a platform to accelerate sustainable development.

A bird’s eye view of EU Sustainability Legislation (part 2)

Nick and Cedric dive deeper into the EU Taxonomy. How does the Taxonomy fit in the larger scheme of things? And what should companies do to prepare themselves the upcoming years?

The value and process of ESG Ratings with Rabobank

Nick and Tijn dive into the landscape of ESG Ratings, together with Marie-Claire Franzen-Aerts (Head of Sustainability Strategy & Climate Program) and Harmen Haan (ESG advisor IR&RA) of Rabobank.