By:
Tom Andresen Gosselin
July 11th, 2024
Among the growing concerns regarding climate change, social inequality, and corporate responsibility, (environmental, social, and governance) ESG reporting has become a tool for businesses to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability.
By:
Nisha Ellis
June 6th, 2024
Given the international reputation of ISO standards, ISO 14001 certification represents a great option for organizations seeking to prove their commitment to sustainability. To achieve certification of your environmental management system (EMS), however, you must meet the framework’s holistic requirements regarding environmental issues.
By:
Tom Andresen Gosselin
April 9th, 2024
On February 23, 2024, ISO (along with the International Accreditation Federation (IAF)) published short amendments to all standards aligned with its Harmonized Structure. In the form of new requirement language and one additional note, ISO has now adapted climate change concerns as considerations for a wide range of popular certifications.
By:
Tom Andresen Gosselin
March 28th, 2024
As part of the fight against the effects of climate change, a global effort has been kickstarted to reduce the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) due to their high global warming potential (GWP). For their part in this HFC phasedown, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking organizations to report their HFC allowance, and the deadline to do so is May 31, 2024.
By:
Nisha Ellis
March 20th, 2024
As the scrutiny on environmental impact grows, more and more organizations are looking for ways that can help them both satisfy emerging regulations and customer concerns regarding the sustainability of their practices. And while there are a few options that may suit, ISO 14001 represents one particularly advantageous avenue.
By:
Tom Andresen Gosselin
March 7th, 2024
Back on March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules that would enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures provided by public companies—two years and unquantified lobby and legal dollars later, the final SEC Climate Disclosure Rules were announced today.
By:
Tom Andresen Gosselin
February 13th, 2024
More and more, organizations are turning a keener eye toward ESG initiatives. Though the Social Governance pillars are no less important, it’s the Environmental cornerstone of ESG that is commanding more scrutiny—more specifically, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
By:
Tom Andresen Gosselin
November 21st, 2023
With the escalation of climate and various environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related risks, organizations are now actively setting bold sustainability objectives, and in recognition of the related concerns in their supply chains over which they lack control, companies are also asking for cooperation from their vendors in addressing their emissions to further minimize their environmental impact.