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WEF, Value Balancing Alliance to collaborate on sustainability metrics

The World Economic Forum and the Value Balancing Alliance have committed to work together to develop 'stakeholder capitalism' and sustainability metrics for companies.

WBA to incorporate just transition into climate benchmark

The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has opened a public consultation on draft methodology to include 'just transition' indicators in its Climate and Energy Benchmark.

Forward-looking metrics need improved methodologies, says TCFD consultation

Results from a Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) consultation have underlined the challenges facing forward-looking metrics - yet most respondents believe they could yet be useful if their methodologies are improved.

$8trn investors back IIGCC 'Net Zero Investment Framework' launch

WBA prepares ranking of food, agriculture, oil & gas giants

Food, agriculture, oil & gas giants including Nestle, PepsiCo, Shell, BP and Exxon are set to be ranked for their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement in line with new assessments.

TCFD 'implied temperature rise' metric gets Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance backing

An alliance of investors with more than $5 trillion in combined assets under management has told the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) secretariat that it 'fully supports' development of a measure of the 'implied temperature rise' of assets.

'Impact monetisation' model unveiled by Value Balancing Alliance

A methodology for monetising the impact of companies on society and the environment has been published by an alliance of the world's largest corporates.

News round-up: UK joins IPSF, Blackrock invests in US solar notes, WBA launches 'just transition' assessment...and more

UK joins International Platform on Sustainable Finance

Don't wait for regulation to act on climate, EC director tells insurers

While insurers want policy makers' help to tackle climate change, they have been told not to wait for regulation to act. Meanwhile, climate activists have urged regulators and legislators to step in, as they have no confidence in the industry's ambitions