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CSR Update

Carbon emission

Analysis

Get your greenhouse reporting in order

Company directors need to prepare for new regulations on mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, writes Martin Baxter

19 Jun 2013

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Analysis

Audit committees need to get cracking on Companies Act reform

Companies Act reform welcomed but audit committees must start working on this quickly

14 Jun 2013

News

EC pushes for more environmental and social disclosure

Companies with more than 500 employees will need to disclose more information about environmental and social impact in annual reports

17 Apr 2013

Analysis

The year of the green report

Requirements for green reporting are set to become more strict, but it could be an opportunity for FDs

30 Jan 2013

Analysis

A deal greener

The government has launched a scheme to help SMEs manage energy price rises by encouraging investment in energy-saving retrofits, writes Elisabeth Jeffries

30 Oct 2012

News

EU mulls new options to beef up carbon price

Draft report raises prospect of expanding the number of industries covered by EU emissions trading scheme in order to tackle credit surplus

24 Oct 2012

Analysis

Addressing the green agenda should not be a burden

Jan Chmiel looks at the opportunities for businesses beyond environmental reporting

13 Jul 2012

Analysis

GHG rules could lead to carbon copy reporting

New reporting requirements will duplicate the workload of companies already required to report carbon emissions under the CRC

04 Jul 2012

Feature

Cleaning up their act

Carbon accounting is still full of flaws, but mandatory reporting is now on the horizon, writes Elisabeth Jeffries

23 Aug 2011

Feature

Mutual benefit: investing in the social

Good CSR needn’t be a tug-of-war between cash and kindness, says Brenda Kowske, as new research shows that socially responsible organisations substantially outperform those that are not

11 Jul 2011

Analysis

Defra seeks views on mandatory carbon reporting

Consultation proposes overhauling the current system of voluntary reporting

07 Jul 2011

Analysis

Puma monetises emissions

Can the sportswear company’s environmental profit and loss statement show the true cost of its supply chain? Jessica Shankleman reports

07 Jul 2011

Analysis

FTSE to track ethics

Ethics and sustainability are increasingly at the heart of investment

20 May 2011

Analysis

Budget offers hope for green business

Whether intended or not, policies in the Budget will benefit green companies

15 Apr 2011

Analysis

Businesses unaware of sustainability fraud risk

Green fraud is not just an issue for companies with carbon obligations

24 Mar 2011

Analysis

Get paid to turn off your office lights?

Company offers to pay businesses to save energy

18 Mar 2011

Analysis

Allowance theft halts carbon trading

Co-ordinated cyber theft casts doubt on market viability

18 Feb 2011

Analysis

Sustainable accounting moves closer

The Prince’s Trust initiative takes off but survey shows low take-up of sustainability tracking by business

24 Jan 2011

Feature

FD Q&A: what to expect in 2011

This year is shaping up to be as challenging as the last. Richard Crump asks five FDs what they think the next 12 months has in store

20 Dec 2010

Analysis

Selling the green agenda

Andrew Griffith explains how finance can convince sceptics of the economic benefits of a CSR agenda

20 Dec 2010

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Latest Opinion

Celebrations over 0.3% growth are premature

Positive growth is to be welcomed but relief over 0.3% growth is overdone and focuses on the wrong issue

Should your network be broad or deep?

To add value to the boards you sit on, or to the boards of your clients, Hilary Briggs advocates you need both breadth and depth in your network

Quantifying the reality of financial risk

Quantifying financial risk is not just for professors and should form a pivotal role in a finance director’s toolkit, explains Simon Bibby

Latest Analysis

Audit committees need to get cracking on Companies Act reform

Companies Act reform welcomed but audit committees must start working on this quickly

Pennycook returns to frontline

Ex-Morrisons FD brings valuable turnaround experience to crisis-hit Co-op Group

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