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Profusion of transition plan assessments risks muddying waters, WBA says

The proliferation of several competing methods for judging the credibility of companies' transition plans risks confusing investors, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) warned as it unveiled its own guidance on the topic.

Aviva and Amundi score below average in analysis of climate transition plans

$1.4trn investors call for greater nature disclosures

Just 1% of companies understand nature dependencies, warns World Benchmarking Alliance

An "overwhelming majority" of companies don't understand their impact or dependencies on nature, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has warned.

Judging the credibility of transition plans, part two

Investors preparing for a wave of transition plan disclosures face a complicated task to determine 'what good looks like', Michael Hurley writes

The 'horse has bolted': Challenge to CSDDD & CSRD likely to fail, say observers

A proposal by EU parliamentarians to delay and weaken reporting requirements under landmark EU sustainability regulations has been dismissed as "political gesturing" and is likely to fail, according to observers.

Swathes of world's largest companies 'way off' meeting CSDDD

About 80% of the world's largest companies fail to meet any key elements of human rights due diligence, illustrating the urgent need for guidance as most of these companies brace for incoming EU regulation, according to a ranking of companies.

TransitionArc launched to 'supercharge' transition plan analysis

CDP, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have collaborated with Climate Arc to launch a "one-stop tool to assess corporate transitions" that a senior executive said would "supercharge" such analysis.

WBA consults on transition plan credibility assessment

Heavy industries must speed up to get on track with emissions targets, says WBA

Heavy industries need to triple carbon emission intensity reduction over the next five years to align with the 1.5°C trajectory, data from the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found.