Sustainability Update: April 2023

IPCC: Climate Change, Synthesis Report On March 20, 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final part of its Sixth Assessment Report. The report summarizes the state of knowledge of climate change, its widespread impacts and risks, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. It integrates the main findings of the AR6 based on […]

Sustainability Update: March 2023

2023 Corporate Circular Target-Setting Guidance At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, the Circular Economy Indicators Coalition released its 2023 Corporate Circular Target-Setting Guidance. This guidance seeks to provide businesses with a clear launching point for selecting and reporting against impactful circular targets. The coalition is co-hosted by the Platform for Accelerating the Circular […]

Sustainability Update: February 2023

Global Circularity Report 2023 Published by Circle Economy in collaboration with Deloitte, and launched during the World Economic Forum on January 16, 2023, the report warns that the global economy is now only 7.2% circular. The report identifies 16 transformational circular solutions across four key systems that center on the principles of use less, use […]

Sustainability Update: January 2023

UN COP15 Outcomes and ISSB Climate-related Disclosures Standard The UN COP15 concluded in Montreal with an agreement to halt and reverse the destruction of nature by 2030. The Kunming-Montreal biodiversity agreement includes key global targets such as: to restore 30% degraded ecosystems globally by 2030, and to sustainably manage areas under agriculture and forestry. Also, […]

Sustainability Update: December 2022

FAO: The State of Food and Agriculture 2022 This flagship report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) looks into the drivers of agricultural automation, including the more recent digital technologies. Based on 27 case studies, the report analyses the business case for adoption of digital automation technologies in different […]

Sustainability Update: November 2022

FAO, 26th Session of the Committee on Forestry On October 3-7, 2022, and celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Committee on Forestry (COFO) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations discussed how FAO should proceed with work on linkages between agriculture, forestry and climate change, and examined preparations for the 2025 edition […]

Sustainability Update: September 29 2022

Read the latest sustainability news from the United Nations, the European Union, and Spain. UN Global Compact:  New Strategy to Maximize China’s Contribution to SDGs The recently published UN Global Compact China Strategy seeks “to unlock the potential of business and other stakeholders to maximize their impact on the SDGs and contribute to sustainable development […]

Sustainability Update: September 2022

Read the latest sustainability news from the United Nations, Chile, China, Ghana, India, and the EU.  UN: Updated Guide Facilitates SDG Reporting by Businesses The UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), together with partners and stakeholders, have released an updated guidance for companies to effectively integrate the SDGs into their reporting processes. […]