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Explore the ideas that are shaping the future of business. Here is our latest thinking

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Understanding the Value of Nature

By Charlotte De Fraye , Lizzy Elli

07 December 2022

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The View from our Age: Thematic Takeaways from COP27 

By Paige Shetty , Sophia Rhee

02 December 2022

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Report

GlobeScan / SustainAbility Survey: Temperature Check - Ensuring SDG and Paris Agreement Success

This publication presents findings from the latest GlobeScan / SustainAbility Institute by ERM Survey of 215 sustainability experts across 41 countries from corporate, academia, NGO, and other sectors.

14 November 2022

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Executive primer

The Decarbonization Imperative: An Executive Primer

By Andrew Angle , Aiste Brackley , Alba Fuentes Delpon , Mark Lee

10 November 2022

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Report

A Better Blueprint for Corporate Climate Scenario Analysis

A new report by The SustainAbility Institute by ERM explores ways to understand and implement innovative climate scenario analysis and is designed to engage stakeholders at the most senior levels within companies.

By James Hubbard , Hannah Simon

09 November 2022

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Expert Briefing

Over Two Years with the EU Taxonomy

This report addresses the challenges companies face in complying with the requirements of the new EU Taxonomy Regulation. It seeks to answer key questions on lessons learned from the first year reporting, challenges for companies in striving for Taxonomy-alignment, and how Taxonomy-style reporting fits into the evolving global landscape of ESG and sustainability reporting.

By Johann Weicht , Katja Görtz , Marina d’Engelbronner , Onur Durmus

25 October 2022

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Rating the Raters Yet Again: Six Challenges for ESG Ratings

Following their previous blog, the Rate the Raters research team examine six of the key challenges that face ESG raters today.

By Aiste Brackley , Emily K. Brock, Ph.D. , Justin Nelson

04 October 2022

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Rating the Raters Yet Again: Increasing ESG Scrutiny Makes Current Rate the Raters Study Even More Crucial

The Rate the Raters research team capture some of the questions surrounding today’s ESG ratings landscape, and why the the results of the 2023 iteration of this study will be more crucial than ever.

By Aiste Brackley , Emily K. Brock, Ph.D. , Justin Nelson

22 September 2022

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Report

Net Zero: Obstacles and Catalysts for Business Climate Action

ERM and EDF+Business conducted interviews and a survey to understand the obstacles companies face when pursuing their climate goals and the catalysts that might help to overcome them.

By Andrew Angle , Mark Lee

08 August 2022

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Report

What's Next for Sustainable Business? 2022 Sustainability Trends Report

2022 edition of our annual report in which we explore the sustainability issues and trends that will shape the business agenda in 2022.

By Andrew Angle , Aiste Brackley , Justin Nelson , Laura Street

12 January 2022

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Webinar

Recording: The Changing Climate for Private Equity

The SustainAbility Institute by ERM and Ceres held a webinar on Thursday, June 24 to explore our new report, 'The Changing Climate for Private Equity.'

28 June 2021

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Webinar

Webinar: Rate the Raters 2020

By Christina Wong , Erika Petroy

06 October 2020

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Webinar

Webinar on Technology Trends

By Aiste Brackley , Jonathan Sim

11 July 2019

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Webinar on Healthcare and Pharma Trends

By Denise Delaney

22 May 2019

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Report

Rate the Raters 2020

By Christina Wong , Erika Petroy

04 March 2020

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