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CSDDD draft approved 13th March 2024 The Belgian Presidency of the Council of European Union has just announced that the new text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Dilligence Directive (CSDDD) has been agreed by the permanent ambassadors in Brussels.The latest 123 pages text has been watered down and the scope was also limited explicitly to reduce the number of

THE EU PLATFORM ON SUSTAINABLE FINANCE LAUNCHES ITS VERY USEFUL ‘COMPENDIUM OF MARKET PRACTICES’ REPORT The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance has published its “Compendium of Market Practices on How the EU’s Taxonomy and sustainable finance framework are helping financial and non-financial actors transition to net zero.” The report, and its annex, contain 293 pages presenting a

The new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) Europe has just published in its Official Journal, the long waited Delegated Regulation 2023/2772 with the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The ESRS are mandatory for companies that must report in accordance with the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The full text has 284 pages and 12 standards: ESRS 1 General requirements

Europe propose new rules for taxonomy-related product disclosures 26th October, 2021. The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have delivered to the European Commission (EC) their Final Report with draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) regarding disclosures under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) as amended by the Regulation on the establishment of a framework

COP26: SUST4IN hosts Net Zero event with the International Chamber of Commerce​ 4th November 2021. SUST4IN, sustainability experts, has hosted the event “Net Zero Metrics and Reporting: how to respond to investors and other stakeholders” during the Make Climate Action Everyone’s Business Forum, organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) at COP26. Marcio Viegas, Founder

COP26 Glasgow – The Day After: experts assess the results of COP26 Photo of the event – COP26 Glasgow: The Day After Participants agree that the Glasgow Climate Pact is insufficient but is a good agreement to build on. The 1.5ºC goal is still in effect, but it requires urgent action and commitment from institutions,

Waste and ESG: The Most Important Metrics for Investors and Other Stakeholders In recent years and months, the volume of sustainable investment has grown continuously. Globally, sustainable bond issuance, including green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds, could collectively exceed $1 trillion in 2021, a near 5 times increase over 2018 levels, according to S&P Global

+100 leading businesses call for EPR for packaging June 15, 2021. Today for the first time, more than 100 businesses in the packaging value chain, including SUST4IN, together with more than 50 other organisations, publicly recognise that without Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging collection and recycling is unlikely to be meaningfully scaled and tens of

IIRC and SASB form the Value Reporting Foundation, providing comprehensive suite of tools to assess, manage and communicate value June 10, 2021. The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) yesterday officially announced their merger to form the Value Reporting Foundation. The Value Reporting Foundation supports business and investor decision-making