investors demand best practice
Institutional investors are increasingly demanding that
companies demonstrate good social and environmental governance.
Ratings agencies are including environmental reporting in their
indices and where no formal results are published the agencies will
rank companies on assumptions.
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is the most significant index
acting on behalf of 534 institutional investors, holding $64
trillion in assets under management. Around 3,000 organisations
across 60 countries disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
and climate change strategies through the CDP.
The impact of the index was reinforced by the creation of the new FTSE CDP carbon strategy all-share index and the FTSE 350 carbon strategy index - providing an alternative view of companies weighted by their carbon performance. Even if your company declines to submit to the CDP you are still ranked, and those not disclosing perform worst.
the Sustain solution
Our personally tailored service can help you strengthen your brand in the eyes of investors by providing them with quantifiable data on climate change risks and performance with which to make investment decisions.
Following a best practice and quality management approach we can help you improve transparency to key stakeholders and leverage strategic advantage from your environmental identity.
Through measuring, managing and reporting your carbon impacts Sustain can help your company generate costs savings, build brand and improve stakeholder communications.
Our services are tailored to your needs but may include:
- Competitor, stakeholder, risk and opportunity analysis
- Support on current legislation, e.g. CRC and horizon scanning for future legislation
- Developing an environmental policy and carbon management strategy
- Carbon footprint assessment and reduction action plan
- Implementing practical carbon and cost saving measures
- Reporting, CDP disclosure and optimal ranking
- Voluntary "offsetting"
residual emissions to align with
your CSR agenda -
Communicating sustainability to positive effect
why report now?
The Climate Change Act 2008 does not yet impose any legal requirements on UK companies to report on their GHG emissions, but it does pave the way towards mandatory reporting.
In 2012 it obliges the Government to either make regulations requiring directors' reports to contain specific information about their company's GHG emissions or lay a report before Parliament explaining why no such regulations have been made. The general consensus is that the regulations will happen.
By acting now your company can gain pre-regulatory advantage and shape an environmental identity that reflects your values and commitment to best practice.
