CSRD: How to Leverage Stakeholder Engagement for Successful Double Materiality Assessment
As of 2024, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) ushers in a new era of transparency for European companies. Companies subject to the CSRD must assess, through double materiality analysis, the importance of each sustainability issue for both the company and its stakeholders. This analysis is called ‘double’ as it is based on two axes […]
How to Prepare Your Business for the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a key policy initiative introduced by the European Union in 2023 to reduce carbon emissions and prevent ‘carbon leakage’. CBAM is one of the many elements of the EU Green Deal, which is aiming to reduce GHG emissions by 55% by 2030, and works in conjunction with the […]
Measuring Biodiversity Impact and Risk: A New Focus in ESG Disclosure
The risks resulting from a loss of nature and changes to natural capital have the potential to disrupt society and the stability of the global economy. Most research on financial risks related to natural capital has historically focused on climate change. However, there is a growing awareness of the risks associated with other aspects of […]
Why Multilingual UX Design is Key to Enterprise Software
The importance of multilingual UX design in enterprise software, preventing language barriers, and reducing workplace accidents. Today’s workforce is global – bringing diverse skillsets, backgrounds, and ways of understanding. With language being perhaps the most straightforward example of how understanding differs between users. Languages beautifully demonstrate why instruction communication requires careful consideration – workers need […]
Key ESG Reporting Frameworks, Standards, and Regulations Â
The ESG landscape is filled with acronyms, making it difficult to navigate. To help businesses understand and comply with sustainability requirements, we’ve compiled this comprehensive guide to ESG frameworks, standards, regulatory bodies, and key initiatives. Frameworks vs. Standards vs. Regulations Frameworks offer broad principles for structuring ESG disclosures but do not dictate specific metrics or […]
Control of Work: The Backbone of a Strong Safety Management System
What Control of Work is, how it integrates with broader frameworks, and why it is so essential to safety management. In industries where operational hazards are part of daily life, such as oil & gas, mining, chemicals, utilities, and manufacturing, the difference between a routine task and a disaster often lies in the strength of […]
Key Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Circular Economy for EHS Professionals
Explore how implementing circular economy principles benefit EHS professionals by enhancing compliance and sustainability and reducing costs. Implementing circular economy principles into EHS programs not only supports environmental goals but also delivers substantial benefits, such as regulatory compliance, cost reduction, resource security, and improved brand reputation. However, the path to circularity is not without challenges. […]
Net Zero and Decarbonization: Your Starting Guide
Over the past few years, companies have started setting ambitious sustainability targets due to the time-sensitive nature of climate change. Among these targets, net zero and decarbonization have emerged as critical goals. Both represent a new and exciting opportunity for companies to take the lead in introducing and embedding emission reduction strategies throughout their business. […]
How Circular Economy Boosts Sustainability and EHS Compliance
Learn how the circular economy empowers EHS professionals to drive sustainability, compliance, and cost savings through waste reduction. The concept of circular economy has emerged as a transformative approach to addressing environmental challenges and resource scarcity. For Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) professionals tasked with managing sustainability initiatives, understanding circular economy principles provides essential knowledge […]
How to Future-Proof Your Sustainability Data
An organization’s sustainability reporting journey can be quite complex. It involves numerous steps, such as conducting a stakeholder materiality assessment and setting long term KPIs and targets. But many companies are not necessarily defining the data strategy that underpins this reporting journey. This blog aims to highlight the importance of creating a data strategy that […]