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<strong>Businesses are out of step on biodiversity</strong>

Businesses are out of step on biodiversity as the world sets landmark targets to address the issue. Nations agreed to protect a… More

18 January 2023

ESG disclosure by US fund managers needs more detail if it is to be meaningful, according to market insight consultancy Util. It said managers using the UN Sustainable Development Goals must report… More

Green adverts must consider the full environmental impact of the products they describe following recent rulings by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). In a ruling against the supermarket Tesco, ASA said… More

The UK Government's third climate report urged more action in eight key risk areas. In its most recent five-year assessment, it said even low warming scenarios could cost £1 billion per year… More

The pandemic risks creating economic winners and losers and will stunt progress on climate action over the next five years, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said. In particular, vaccine inequality will make… More

The growth of data centres to process exponential volumes of traffic mean that those facilities are facing longer-term cooling challenges, according to a recent report by Aggreko the energy business. Its report… More

While organisations have become much better at understanding how to mitigate conventional risk,  risk managers and their enterprises should focus more on complex risks, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). “Humanity… More