Sustainability

• UK pensions regulator urges action ahead of new mandatory climate rules

  Pension schemes will be pressed to comply with existing requirements and prepare for upcoming new regulations.

• How to spot red flags of illegal logging in your supply chain

  CFOs need to know the signs to help their businesses detect whether timber in their supply chains could have come from questionable sources and practices.

• UK embeds carbon net-zero commitment across financial regulators

  In letters to the Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Committee, the UK government updated their remits.

• Climate change could slash credit rating of 63 countries, raise cost of debt

  A new study led by the University of Cambridge suggests that many economies will see credit rating downgrades within a decade, increasing the cost of sovereign and corporate debt.

• Preparations continue for international sustainability reporting board

  In anticipation of a possible September announcement of a new international sustainability reporting standards board, the IFRS Foundation trustees announced the formation of a new working group to undertake technical preparations and accelerate convergence.

• How to cultivate resilience in an organisation

  If you think the serious challenges to your business will end after the pandemic, think again. To weather disruptions that are expected to recur in the next decade, here are five tactics to cultivate resilience in your organisation.

• EU to require asset managers to back up sustainability claims

  The EU’s new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation is to require providers to disclose the sustainability of their financial services or products.

• International sustainability reporting standards board comes into focus

  By the fall, the IFRS Foundation trustees plan to issue a proposal for a board that would set international global sustainability reporting standards. The trustees’ plans for that board are becoming clearer.

• Seeing a mountain of potential

  An energy plant in Copenhagen incorporates an artificial ski slope and a climbing wall in an example of dual-purpose design.

• Finance leaders share their plans to leave the pandemic behind

  Finance leaders from different industries and geographies share lessons learned during the pandemic and aspirations for 2021 and beyond.

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