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August 3, 2023
Editor’s note: ESG data assurance and fast-track policies for green patents
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, Sustainability data and reporting assurance is a subject we’ve been monitoring for a while, and...
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August 2, 2023
Editor’s note: Gtag backs adoption of DNSH criteria
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, The UK government’s Green Technical Advisory Group has told it how to design the “do no...
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August 1, 2023
Editor’s note: ESRS final text and SDG emojis
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, Allow me to start with a shocking discovery. As someone needing to authorise other people’s...
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July 31, 2023
Editor’s note: the risks of climate policy flip-flops
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, Greetings from Italy, where I’ll be working for the next few days – and where...
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July 28, 2023
Editor’s note: anti-ESG hearings, and making voluntary carbon markets a thing
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, As temperatures rise, so too does the mercury climb in our political thermometers. This week...
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July 27, 2023
Editor’s note: tackling climate change and risk to pensions from ‘flawed’ analysis
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, We lead with an interview with Danny Alexander, a former UK government minister who is...
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July 26, 2023
Editor’s note: a big week for the ISSB
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, It’s a big week for the International Sustainability Standards Board. Yesterday, the International Organization of Securities Commissions – the umbrella...
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July 25, 2023
Editor’s note: UK government challenged over new oil permit issuance
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, We go again at the UK’s High Court today. Having yesterday dismissed ClientEarth’s efforts at reviving a lawsuit against Shell...
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July 24, 2023
Editor’s note: Shell, UK oil and US sustainable investment
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, Climate litigation is on our minds as the UK High Court has just turned down ClientEarth’s attempt to resuscitate its...
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July 21, 2023
Editor’s note: excessive heat, litigation and the next generations
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Dear Reader, Hello from London, where I’m back in front of my laptop after spending a few days with family in the...
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July 20, 2023
Editor's note: 'Time to speak up for climate action'
The latest edition of our Sustainable Views newsletter. Welcome back to Sustainable Views. As a journalist writing about climate change, ESG and all things sustainable, people often ask why I...
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