The European Union is awash with various regulations, standards and directives. And each one comes with its own confusing abbreviations. Here is a ready reckoner of these terms. CSDD: The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD) is a legislative framework that obliges companies, including those in financial services, to demonstrate what action they areContinue reading “The EU and its Alphabet Soup”
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The Case for Measuring Avoided Emissions
Japanese conglomerates like Panasonic, Hitachi, Daikin and other Japanese businesses have been at the forefront of a government-backed campaign to adopt a new metric to assess a company’s efforts towards achieving carbon neutrality goals. This metric is avoided emissions, sometimes called scope 4 emissions. It is based on the idea that investors should look beyondContinue reading “The Case for Measuring Avoided Emissions”
Financed Emissions
Banks play a dual role. At one end, they finance decarbonisation; at the other, they finance emissions through loans and investments. Thus, financed emissions are the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to the investment and lending activities of financial institutions like investment managers, banks and insurers. It’s the carbon footprint of a firm’s investments orContinue reading “Financed Emissions”
Spatial finance and sustainability
Satellite technology has become ubiquitous. Satellite imagery has made geospatial data available like never before. Coupled with the increasing availability of real-time geospatial data and advances in artificial intelligence, data-driven decision-making can help fight the climate crisis. The term “spatial finance” was coined by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the UniversityContinue reading “Spatial finance and sustainability”
The emergence of tree-free paper
Paper is a versatile product and has many uses. It is used for printing, packaging, decorating, writing, cleaning, filter paper, wallpaper, book-end paper, coated worktops, toilet tissue, currency, security paper and several industrial and manufacturing procedures. The global production of paper and paperboard will reach 476 million tons by 2032. Studies estimate that about 42Continue reading “The emergence of tree-free paper”
