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  • UK carbon reporting regulation seen tabled after Easter

    27 February 2013

    The UK's regulation introducing mandatory carbon reporting is unlikely to be tabled before Parliament until late April, rather than in March, as some observers were expecting.

  • Ceres wins $1.5m NGO Zayed Future Energy prize

    17 January 2013

    US investor, corporate and environmental coalition Ceres has won the NGO category of the Zayed Future Energy prize.

  • Comparing apples and petticoats

    15 January 2013

    Leading retailer Marks & Spencer has enthusiastically embraced carbon reporting – but, when it comes to comparing performance across its sector, carbon accounting has its limitations, says Rowland Hill

  • Corporate ESG reports fall short of investment grade

    17 December 2012

    Investors are increasingly interested in companies' environmental and social performance, but corporate reporting is too often not up to scratch, say Elliot Frankal and Adam Garfunkel

  • Room for improvement on UK reporting rules

    12 November 2012

    The UK's proposed environmental reporting rules are not without their problems – but with a little fine-tuning they will help raise the bar in the UK and beyond, says Martin Baxter

  • Voluntary carbon reporting 'is reaching its limits'

    09 November 2012

    Companies must be forced to disclose carbon emissions to drive significant reductions, as the current system of voluntary reporting is approaching the limits of what it can achieve, a leading advisor has claimed.

  • Refining the regulations

    10 October 2012

    From next year, UK listed companies will have to report on their greenhouse gas emissions – and the government is consulting on the rules. But, as Lois Guthrie warns, the rules as proposed pose some challenges for UK Plc

  • The full story

    19 September 2012

    Paul Druckman explains how integrated reporting will make a crucial contribution to improving the sustainability of business

  • A cause for concern?

    12 September 2012

    The results of this year's Carbon Disclosure Project Global 500 report shows companies are still acting on climate change, despite tough economic times – but are they doing enough, ask Malcolm Preston and Jonathan Grant

  • Investors in the dark on oil drilling risks

    02 August 2012

    Oil and gas companies are doing a terrible job of disclosing climate and deepwater drilling risks, even in light of the tragic Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a new report.