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Private Equity Groups Fail to Put Value on ESG Efforts, PwC Says

October 9, 2013October 11, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Private equity firms still mainly gear their environmental, social and governance management towards risk, rather than opportunity with less than 15 percent calculating the value they create through ESG activity, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The report, Putting a Price on Value, is based on a survey of ... Read more »

93% of CEOs Say Measure Environmental Impacts

September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

A survey of chief executives suggests the era of growth at any cost is over with the majority agreeing their company’s environmental and social impacts should be measured alongside financial data. The PricewaterhouseCoopers survey, Measuring and managing total impact: A new language for business decisions, found 93 percent of CEOs ... Read more »

BNY Mellon, Cisco, Entergy Top CDP’s S&P 500 Rankings

September 23, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BNY Mellon, Cisco Systems and Entergy top the CDP’s annual carbon performance and disclosure ratings for the S&P 500, released today. All three companies received a disclosure score of 100 — calculated to reflect each company’s transparency on climate change — and A performance ratings, which rank companies according to ... Read more »

CDP Global 500: 10% of Largest Companies Produce 73% of GHGs

September 12, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BMW, Daimler, Philips Electronics, Nestlé, financial firm BNY Mellon, Cisco Systems and utility Gas Natural SDG — all with perfect 100 disclosure scores and A performance ratings — top the CDP’s list of the world’s best companies in terms of climate change disclosure and performance. Honda, Nissan, Volkswagen, Hewlett-Packard and ... Read more »

Setting Sustainability Goals ‘Improves Bottom Line’

July 31, 2013July 30, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Firms that set tangible, public sustainability goals improve their financial and environmental performance, according to a white paper released today by CH2M Hill. Sustainability Goals that Make an Impact says as companies work to meet their goals, they cut energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and waste — all ... Read more »

CDP, CDSB, IIRC Team Up to Accelerate Integrated Reporting

July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have teamed up to accelerate integrated reporting. The collaboration, announced today, will drive better corporate reporting, helping companies and investors transition to a resource-efficient economy, the groups say. CDP, CDSB and IIRC ... Read more »

Eco-Efficiency Strategies ‘Cut Costs, Mitigate Risk’

July 11, 2013July 22, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

More than half (52 percent) of businesses rank eco-efficiency as a high or growing priority, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ latest survey, released today. The poll of more than 600 business professionals shows that firms are putting greater emphasis on efforts to drive financial savings and build a competitive advantage in the ... Read more »

EU Carbon Prices Plunge to Record Lows

April 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Carbon prices hit record lows today after the European Parliament rejected an emergency plan to boost the ailing EU carbon market. In a 334-315 vote, with more than 60 abstentions, lawmakers rejected a proposal to postpone — or backload — the auctioning of 900 million EU Emissions Trading Scheme allowances ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance: ASHRAE 90.1 Overhaul, Utilities’ Water Meter Push

April 2, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

ASHRAE announced that 26 more proposed addenda to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2010, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, are open for public comment. The 90.1 committee says many of the changes are the result of earlier public review comments, and contribute to its goal of making the 2013 standard 40 ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: Ecodesk, EDF, PwC, LiqTech

April 2, 2013April 2, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Ecodesk: The open data sustainability reporting platform has hired Nick Murry as chief sustainability officer. Murry, who has also consulted for the United Nations, World Bank and European Commission, joins Ecodesk after 16 years with international infrastructure consultancy ... Read more »

UK Carbon Price a ‘Threat to Business Competitiveness’

April 1, 2013April 1, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Britain’s carbon-emitting businesses will pay more for energy than their European counterparts under the UK’s new carbon price floor, which goes into effect today. The emissions tax, set by the UK government in 2011, starts at £16 ($24.30) per ton of carbon emitted this year and rises to £30 ($45.63) ... Read more »

PwC Verifies Ecometrica GHG Software ‘Audit Ready’

March 26, 2013March 26, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ecometrica say it has become the first environmental accounting provider to secure assurance of audit readiness, following a review by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The move comes as the UK’s largest companies face mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting as of Oct. 1. The company commissioned PwC to carry out an independent review of ... Read more »

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