Why investors are sounding the alarm on Sunak’s climate U-turn September 21, 2023 Rishi Sunak’s move to ditch a host of key climate policies will have a chilling effect on the flow of cash into the country as the US presses ahead with sweeping green subsidies, top investors have warned.
Fighting Economic Exclusion from East London September 21, 2023 It is common for not-for-profit organisations to seek change. Many will choose a specific industry, policy area or demographic they want to affect. A narrow target which allows for strategy to be easily devised and success simply measured. Renaisi, an East-London-based social enterprise, also aim to make a difference. They specialise in assisting marginalised communities [...]
“You’ve got the power to choose.” Sustainable steak with M Restaurants September 21, 2023 The food industry gets a lot of environmental flak. Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of the world’s greenhouse emissions, according to the United Nations. Meat seems to be a particular problem, with 77 per cent of agricultural land given over to livestock despite them accounting for only 17 per cent of all the calories [...]
“It’s not about diversity” September 21, 2023 The idea that companies should look out for people other than themselves is a simple one. But it has spawned all sorts of complicated-sounding acronyms, from CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) to CSV (Creating Shared Value) and, of course, ESG. One such is D&I (Diversity and Inclusion). For Joel Blake OBE, Founder of GFA Exchange, an [...]
ISSB Standards September 21, 2023 | Sponsored ISSB – the new ESG standards: addressing the reporting pain for companies or feeding the fire? At the end of June, the widely anticipated first standards from the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) were released. We have provided a summary of what they are, where to find them and what it means to your ESG [...]
Carbon Offsetting September 21, 2023 | Sponsored Carbon Offsetting, Carbon Neutral, Net Zero. What are they and why should AIM company boards care? Last week carbon offsetting made headlines again when The Guardian reported that the UK Advertising watchdog is to crack down on Carbon Neutral and Net Zero claims as a result of recent offsetting controversies, including from one of the most widely [...]
ESG: Understanding Investors September 21, 2023 | Sponsored Investors are one of the key reasons why AIM firms are increasing the level of focus on their sustainability strategies. As highlighted in the recent QCA report, investor expectations on Small and Medium Cap firms is increasing and will likely continue to rise. An investor can take different forms and there are different influences at play [...]
Materiality September 21, 2023 | Sponsored ESG: What’s material about materiality? Materiality: the quality of being relevant or significant. It’s not an acronym which, for ESG, is a good start. And the meaning in business and accounting does remain true to its definition. Great! So, what’s the catch? There are differing views about how materiality should be applied when it comes to [...]
Governance Tech September 21, 2023 | Sponsored AIM ESG Performance: Governance in Technology Addidat has collaborated with Nurole on its AIM ESG series, providing information about AIM companies’ ESG requirements and performance, along with practical suggestions about what firms can do to improve. This article focuses on governance performance of companies operating in the technology sector, specifically addressing two key questions: how firms govern ESG [...]
The cure for Sick Building Syndrome? September 20, 2023 Buildings are boring. We spend so much time inside that we hardly notice them, except when they go wrong. Sometimes this happens in big ways. In 2020, two-year-old Awaab Ishak succumbed to the black mould in his flat. Poor quality household air likely contributed to the death of another child, Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah, whose Lewisham [...]