The Evolution of Materiality Assessments: Considering Possible Future Scenarios
Materiality assessments are key to getting to the heart of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that affect a specific company and its stakeholders. Not all ESG issues affect every company, and a materiality assessment is the process of identifying the relevant issues and deciding how much they matter to an organization. Materiality assessments […]
Recommended Reading: Rethinking Strategic Management – Sustainable Strategizing for Positive Impact
More often than ever before, the case for sustainability is primarily a business one. If you are seeking a resource to provide greater clarity around why choosing sustainability is also choosing profitability and practical approaches that translate sustainability into strategy and action, we suggest “Rethinking Strategic Management: Sustainable Strategizing for Positive Impact,” edited by Thomas […]
Charting the Course: The Path to Climate Action
arlier this year, the World Economic Forum released the 16th edition of its annual Global Risks Report. In it, authors point to climate change as a continued catastrophic risk, worsened by weakened global cooperation. Among the report’s most major findings is that “climate action failure” is the most impactful and second most likely long-term risk […]
Managing Climate-Related Risks at Swiss Prime Site
Challenge Integrating climate-related risks into corporate risk management and reporting the findings of the climate risk assessment to investors according to the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Client Goal Switzerland’s leading listed real estate company, Swiss Prime Site, faces diverse climate-related risks – both physical and transition risks. Extreme weather […]
When Climate comes to bear
Climate reporting can be an important area of ESG reporting for professional investors and financial analysts. By providing information on a company’s exposure to climate-related risks and opportunities, climate reporting can help assess a company’s long-term sustainability and financial performance. Investors should look for climate reporting that is standardized, forward-looking, aligned with corporate strategy and […]
