Update: 2020 CDP Disclosure Deadline Approaching

Update: 2020 CDP Disclosure Deadline Approaching

The extended summer 2020 CDP submission deadline for Climate Change, Water and Forestry disclosures is quickly approaching. KERAMIDA can review your draft 2020 disclosures and provide recommendations in time for the new submission deadline.

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SEC Urged to Establish ESG-Based Disclosure Framework

SEC Urged to Establish ESG-Based Disclosure Framework

The SEC has long been contemplating whether ESG disclosures should be included in its disclosure protocol for public companies. The Investor Advisory Committee recently provided five explicit recommendations for the SEC’s consideration regarding why and how the Commission should update its reporting requirements for companies to include material, decision-useful, ESG factors. Read this post to learn about their recommendations.

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BlackRock Demands Corporate Response to Climate Change

BlackRock Demands Corporate Response to Climate Change

With BlackRock’s $7.4 trillion in assets at stake, BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink, has essentially demanded that companies make a purposeful commitment to confront climate change, or BlackRock will no longer invest in them. Given the current state of the world, how does ESG really factor in and what does this mean for companies?

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Benefits of Sustainability Reporting for Your Company: Doing Well by Doing Good

Benefits of Sustainability Reporting for Your Company: Doing Well by Doing Good

How can sustainability reporting help your company? In this post, we’ll discuss some of the many benefits that sustainability reporting can bring and the real value that companies can expect to get from publishing a sustainability report.

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California Low Carbon Fuel Standard - What You Need To Know

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard - What You Need To Know

The California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is designed to reduce GHG emissions in the transportation sector, which is responsible for about 50 percent of GHG emissions. Read this post to learn how California’s LCFS works, how to generate credits, verification requirements, and more.

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Get More Money for Less Emissions: California’s Food Production Investment Program

Get More Money for Less Emissions: California’s Food Production Investment Program

DEADLINE UPDATE: The Food Production Investment Program (FPIP) helps California food processors cut greenhouse gas emissions and save energy. Awardees include dairies, food, wineries, and other processing facilities. Round 1 applications are due December 4 - read this post for eligibility requirements and how to apply.

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Who’s Driving Sustainability in the Electric Power Sector?

Who’s Driving Sustainability in the Electric Power Sector?

In Part 2 of our series on Sustainability in the Electric Power Industry, we explore how Electric Power companies engage with their investors, their customers, and their suppliers on Sustainability issues and what are the key motivators for change.

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Sustainability for Electric Utility Suppliers: EUISSCA & The Sustainability Project

Sustainability for Electric Utility Suppliers: EUISSCA & The Sustainability Project

In Part 1 of our series on Sustainability in the Electric Power Industry, we discuss how suppliers to the utility industry can benchmark and communicate their sustainability efforts in a way that resonates with and is valued by the customer, and how the EUISSCA and The Sustainability Project can help.

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Indiana Clean Air Project Grant Opportunity From $10M in VW Funding

Indiana Clean Air Project Grant Opportunity From $10M in VW Funding

The Indiana Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Program is offering a grant opportunity for diesel vehicle and equipment replacement and repower projects with the goal of improving air quality across Indiana. Applications are due June 17 - read this post for eligibility requirements and how to apply.

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Circular Economy Benefits for the Metals Industry

Circular Economy Benefits for the Metals Industry

As businesses are starting to consider and implement more sustainable and socially responsible methods of operation, viable and cost-effective models of circularity are beginning to manifest. Read this post to gain a fundamental understanding of circularity and how facilities in the metals industry can benefit most.

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Minimizing Waste & Lost Revenue From Natural Disasters

Minimizing Waste & Lost Revenue From Natural Disasters

A review of two case studies involving Simon Malls’ disaster recovery and clean-up after Hurricane Maria and a destructive hailstorm in Colorado. Learn what sustainable strategies developers can implement which will lead to more sustainable buildings, less lost revenue from natural disasters, less waste disposal fees, and more reliable retail services.

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Investor Driven Sustainability Reporting

Investor Driven Sustainability Reporting

Investors are driving the demand for more transparency around companies’ sustainability performance. Sustainability reporting reveals your company’s management of intangible assets. How can this boost your valuation?

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GRI Asks For Feedback on New Corporate Tax Reporting Standard

GRI Asks For Feedback on New Corporate Tax Reporting Standard

Share your input on a new Economic GRI Standard: Tax and Payments to Governments, that is making its way into the GRI Standards-Based Sustainability Reporting Framework. Learn more about the new Standard and how it aims to promote tax transparency.

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Delaware’s Sustainability Law: Get More Value From Your Sustainability Report

Delaware’s Sustainability Law: Get More Value From Your Sustainability Report

Are you looking to get the most value out of your sustainability reporting efforts? More recognition? More business? Learn how Delaware’s Transparency in Sustainability and Responsibility Certification Act can help.

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