Standard setters agreed Wednesday to publish changes to the voluntary guidelines underpinning corporate global environmental, social, and governance disclosure rules. The International Sustainability Standards Board unanimously agreed to ratify the changes to reporting rules for mining companies, electricity firms, and food companies. The ISSB requires companies to report on all areas of sustainability considered material—or…
France’s bid to crack down on fast fashion is getting a rewrite – and the likes of Shein and Temu are expected to bear the brunt of the amended bill. French senators are redrafting a high-profile piece of legislation intended to reduce the environmental footprint of low-cost, high-volume clothing and address the market distortions that…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) say they have been generating new business by leveraging their carbon-tracking technologies, despite some financial uncertainties facing the broader sector. For Hong Kong start-ups like Urban Spring, which supplies smart water refilling stations, and EzyGreenPak, which makes sustainable packaging, using technologies that measure climate-related data throughout their production chains has…