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Sep 30th, 2024

Voluntarily applying ISSB Standards: A guide for preparers

By applying ISSB Standards voluntarily—in the absence of regulatory requirements—companies can provide decision-useful, globally comparable sustainability-related disclosures to investors. And, increasingly, investors around the world are calling on companies to do so. While meeting investor demand will be a key driver for many companies choosing to apply ISSB Standards voluntarily, as increasing numbers of jurisdictions […]

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Sep 27th, 2024

Submission to the Competition Bureau Canada on the Competition Act’s new greenwashing provisions

The Canada Climate Law Initiative makes recommendations to the Competition Bureau Canada on the Competition Act’s new greenwashing provisions. We believe clear guidelines will help organizations understand their obligations and ensure their environmental claims comply with the law.

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Sep 26th, 2024

Directors’ Duties Navigator: Climate Risk and Sustainability Disclosures

Climate change is a material, systemic and financial risk to corporations and their shareholders. This navigator on directors’ duties helps directors make informed decisions and understand their legal duties regarding how to manage that risk and understand the broader climate-related regulatory landscape in which they operate. This is the 4th edition of the previously titled […]

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Jul 31st, 2024

Scenarios for Assessing Climate-Related Risks: New Short-Term Scenario Narratives

The need for short-term scenarios for climate scenario analysis has grown rapidly in recent years as financial institutions acknowledge the necessity of integrating climate commitments into their short-term planning strategies and addressing climate risks in the near term. This report, and the accompanying short-term climate scenarios tool, aim to identify short-term climate scenario narratives for […]

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Jul 31st, 2024

Aligning corporate value chains to global climate goals

This discussion paper offers an overview of the status and current practices of scope 3 target setting among companies with SBTi-validated targets. It discusses the challenges and opportunities associated with scope 3 target setting and explores potential solutions to enhance the effectiveness and impact of value chain decarbonization.

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Jul 30th, 2024

Interoperability mapping between the GRI Standards and the TNFD Recommended Disclosures and metrics

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published a joint interoperability mapping resource that gives a detailed overview of alignment between the TNFD Disclosure Recommendations and metrics and the GRI Standards. The TNFD and GRI have developed a guidance document and correspondence table to help GRI’s 14,000 reporters globally align […]

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