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10/11/2022

European Parliament has adopted the CSRD directive today!

The new sustainability reporting requirements will increase transparency on environmental, social affairs and governance matters for 50,000 European large firms.

The rules will start applying between 2024 and 2028:

- From 1 January 2024 for large public-interest companies (with over 500 employees) already subject to the non-financial reporting directive, with reports due in 2025

- From 1 January 2025 for large companies that are not presently subject to the non-financial reporting directive (with more than 250 employees and/or €40 million in turnover and/or €20 million in total assets), with reports due in 2026

- From 1 January 2026 for listed SMEs and other undertakings, with reports due in 2027. SMEs can opt-out until 2028

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20221107IPR49611/sustainable-economy-parliament-adopts-new-reporting-rules-for-multinationals

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All large companies in the EU will need to disclose data on the impact of their activities on people and the planet and any sustainability risks they are exposed to.

17/10/2022

French Parliament has approved a law requiring all new buildings in commercial zones to be partially covered in plants or solar panels.

In a bid to make France more eco-friendly, all new buildings in commercial zones across the country must comply with new environmental legislation.

https://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/france-green-roofs/

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European Green Capital

20/09/2022

Large scale zero emission ammonia production:

Topsoe and First Ammonia signed a 5GW launch company agreement for the reservation of first-of-a-kind, industrial-scale, solid oxide electrolyzer cells (SOEC) to produce green ammonia.

Green ammonia is a fuel for transportation, power storage and generation, and fertilizer.

This is shaping up to be the largest agreement in the world, to date, for any type of electrolyzer and will displace almost 5 BCM of natural gas and eliminate 13 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year

https://blog.topsoe.com/topsoe-and-first-ammonia

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Topsoe and First Ammonia launch zero emission ammonia production with the world’s largest reservation of electrolyzer capacity

19/09/2022

Financial Times: "Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) are an increasingly indispensable part of the executive team — and a potentially valuable source of tip-offs.

CSOs’ growing influence goes hand in hand with increasing corporate nervousness over environmental risk, as activist investors pursue businesses they regard as sustainability laggards, and regulators crack down on green washing."

https://www.ft.com/content/918fee50-5c3c-46eb-af6b-41f2d4393307?shareType=nongift

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CSOs are an increasingly indispensable part of the executive team — and a potentially valuable source of tip-offs

11/09/2022

World Business Council for Sustainable Development:

A new initiative with a goal of sourcing 100% net zero concrete by 2050 has gathered 17 pioneering businesses, who have made this public commitment, including ambitious short-term commitments to use 30% low emission concrete by 2025 and 50% by 2030.

https://lnkd.in/gTrcV-ni

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WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.

05/09/2022

WBCSD: "There is no net zero without nature!

When we speak with CEOs and CFOs, the question is no longer if they should act, but how and if their businesses should be part of the solution.

For this, organizations need to embed practical and credible approaches into their business models and across their supply chains.

It is critical that material sustainability issues are embedded into business decision-making practices, and governance mechanisms are in place to ensure effective oversight of risk management and controls."

https://www.wbcsd.org/Projects/Embedding-ESG-into-decision-making/Resources/Embedding-ESG-and-sustainability-considerations-into-the-Three-Lines-Model

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WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.

01/09/2022

Coca Cola to convert CO2 to sugar!

"This is a bold, scientific vision that would bring immediate environmental benefits, fundamentally transforming the production and distribution of goods across the world."

https://www.retailnews.asia/coca-cola-teams-with-berkley-university-to-convert-co2-to-sugar/

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is partnering with the University of California Berkeley (UCB), US, to develop methods of converting captured carbon

29/08/2022

Yara and Northern Lights have signed the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transport and storage.

Yara and Northern Lights have agreed on the main commercial terms to transport CO2 captured from Yara Sluiskil, an ammonia and fertiliser plant in the Netherlands, and permanently store it under the seabed off the coast of western Norway.

https://norlights.com/news/major-milestone-for-decarbonising-europe%EF%BF%BC/

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Major milestone for decarbonising Europe August 29, 2022 Yara and Northern Lights have signed the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transport and storage. This is groundbreaking for the decarbonisation of European heavy industry, opening the market for cross border CO2 tran...

25/08/2022

Non-animal proteins can play critical role tackling climate crisis, says Boston Consulting Group.

Investments in plant-based alternatives to meat lead to far greater cuts in climate-heating emissions than other green investments, according to one of the world’s biggest consultancy firms.

https://lnkd.in/gHG5Cycy

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Exclusive: Non-animal proteins can play critical role tackling climate crisis, says Boston Consulting Group

16/08/2022

Scientific paper, July 2022:

The global society faces an existential threat if it fails to meet current and future material needs of its populations, while staying within the carrying capacity of our planet.

An approach that has been put forwards to address this complex challenge is to aim to close our society's material flows through introduction of a Circular Economy.

This paper provides an extensive literature review to understand the evolution of material circularity concepts and strategies, and their potential for increasing material efficiency and reduce environmental impacts towards meeting the material needs of our societies in an environmentally sustainable manner.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007850622001330?dgcid=coauthor

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The global society faces an existential threat if it fails to meet current and future material needs of its populations, while staying within the carr…

09/08/2022

Investors love the term ESG, but there are risks to viewing sustainability through a market lens.

08/08/2022

ESG versus Sustainability!

"In recent years, ESG has become a dominant term over sustainability. Within the narrow world of the sustainability expert community, the battle royale is raging about sustainability versus ESG and the implications of shifting semantics.

I don’t want to litigate what these words mean, but I do want to look at why ESG has taken over so fast and discuss some risks I see from the term’s adoption." (Andrew Winston)

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/whats-lost-when-we-talk-esg-and-not-sustainability/

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Investors love the term ESG, but there are risks to viewing sustainability through a market lens.