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📈 Leading with purpose and navigating the evolving sustainability landscape are essential to creating long-term value and business success in today’s marketplace. 📣 Global business leaders across industries and functions reviewed an advance copy of 📚 The ESG and Sustainability Deskbook for Business: A Guide to Policy, Regulation, and Practice by Kristyn Noeth. Hear what they have to say! 🗺️ The ESG and Sustainability Deskbook for Business 📘 is available for pre-order worldwide and an evergreen list of bookstore links can be found on the Verde Impact™ website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gmRRW2zp   #esgsustainabilitydeskbook #leadwithpurpose #corporatesustainability #sustainabilityleadership

The ESG and Sustainability Deskbook for Business: A Guide to Policy, Regulation, and Practice 📚 by Kristyn Noeth (Apress) has been released worldwide! 📽️ Check out the book trailer below. 🧩 The book is an answer to the question: What can I read that will provide a comprehensive overview of ESG and sustainability in business? 🌎 We are in the most critical decade for meeting our global climate and sustainable development goals. We are also in an era of unprecedented opportunity and advancement. Leaders and changemakers are building for purpose and a sustainable future. 📈 This deskbook is a practical guide and a reference tool for boards, executives, sustainability professionals, public policy leaders, founders, investors, lawyers, and students alike wanting to advance their knowledge and familiarity with the core principles, policies, practices, and players in the global marketplace. 🌐 Readers will gain an understanding of the progression of ESG and sustainability and how related considerations increasingly drive business, policy, and economic decisions.  The book provides an advanced take on the multi-stakeholder profile of sustainability in business and the markets. It covers the evolving regulatory landscape, the market outlook, international policy, emerging trends, cross-sector collaborations, and so much more. Then it threads the needle with best practices, case studies, and actionable takeaways to illustrate business integration. Foreword by Melissa J. Kopolow Technical Review by Jennifer Faust Cover Quote by Charles Broll Advance Reviews by Olly Purnell Rebekah Jefferis Eric Fins Susan Koehler Anna Andreis Charles Broll Published by Apress (a Springer Nature Group company) Greenlit by Senior Acquisitions Editor Shivangi Ramachandran 🗺️ The ESG and Sustainability Deskbook for Business 📚 is available at bookstores everywhere and is accessible on RNIB Bookshare. Links to order the book are on the Verde Impact™ website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g8yU-ySZ #esgsustainabilitydeskbook #leadwithpurpose #corporatesustainability #sustainabilityleadership #sustainabilitybooks #SDGs #climatepolicy #energytransition #sustainabilityregulation #responsiblebusiness

Check out this #FeaturedFriday spotlight from Apress for the new book, “The ESG and Sustainability Deskbook for Business: A Guide to Policy, Regulation, and Practice” by Kristyn Noeth! The ESG and Sustainability Deskbook for Business: A Guide to Policy, Regulation, and Practice 📚 has already been released in many markets and will be available worldwide on Monday, August 5. #esgsustainabilitydeskbook #esg #sustainability #corproratesustainability

The ESG and Sustainability Deskbook for Business: A Guide to Policy, Regulation, and Practice 📚 will be released on July 13. 👏 💡 The book is a practical guide and a comprehensive resource on sustainability in global business covering the primary principles, policies, practices, and players in the marketplace. 🧩 It is the first substantive overview that walks through the underlying principles and foundations of #corporatesustainability paired with best practices, case studies, and takeaways for successful business integration. 🗝️ The ESG and Sustainability Deskbook is the key to unlocking and upleveling responsible business practices. If you have questions on sustainability and ESG in business and the markets, this book has the answers! 🌐 The book has already been picked up by an incredible list of retailers worldwide, which speaks to the global perspective of the book and includes Amazon ark books Athenaeum Boekhandel Barnesandnoble.com, Inc. bol Boekhandel Donner Bookshop.org BOOKSAMILLION.COM, INC. Booktopia Bookswagon Indigo Mighty Ape Powell's Books Saxo Springer Nature Group ThriftBooks Walmart Waterstones WHSmith WOOK Beck Shop DE, Blue Cypress Books, Boswell Book Co, Gallery Bookshop, Krisotomus, San Min Book Co, and William Dam Boghandel. 🗺️ Global pre-order links for booksellers are on the Verde Impact™ website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gmRRW2zp #esgsustainabilitydeskbook #esg #sustainability #sustainabilitybooks https://lnkd.in/guphthfz

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐒𝐆 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 is available for pre-order on Amazon. The book is authored by our founder Kristyn Noeth and published by Apress, a Springer Nature Group imprint.   📚 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐒𝐆 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 is a practical guide and reference tool covering the primary principles, policies, practices, and players in the marketplace. The book is a comprehensive resource and includes #bestpractices, case studies, and takeaways to unpack the complexities of #sustainability and #ESG.   🌎 The interest in sustainability and ESG from #stakeholders across all sectors is growing and will continue to do so as we are in the most pivotal decade for meeting the #globalgoals on #climatechange and #sustainabledevelopment.   🏛️ Stakeholders are demanding #transparency and #accountability, and the pace and record of regulatory activity worldwide on ESG and sustainability is remarkable.   ✅ We have entered a new phase in which many investors and market-leading companies view #ESGperformance and sustainability as a differentiator.   Here is the link to the #ESGSustainabilityDeskbook: https://lnkd.in/gssj39G8    

Our analysis of the long-awaited #SEC #ClimateDisclosureRule is available via the link below! Highlights in the post include:   ✔️ Key provisions, applicability, and requirements of the rule   ✔️ Implementation timeline   ✔️ Interoperability with other jurisdictional requirements   ✔️ Impact on companies and the broader market   ✔️ Takeaways and #bestpractices to guide #compliance   → The rule primarily requires listed companies, including foreign private issuers, to disclose information about material climate-related risks across #corporategovernance, #riskmanagement, targets and #goalsetting, and #transitionplanning.   ⟫ Kristyn Noeth has been answering questions about the whopping 886-page #climate disclosure rule as companies review their #regulatorycompliance readiness, so please reach out if you’d like to discuss. https://lnkd.in/gQbSPY7t

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (#SEC) has just approved its final Climate-Related Disclosures Rule. The rule will be final 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.   In the first significant update to its initial 2010 #materialclimaterisk rule, the SEC has aimed strike a middle ground while providing investors with a certain level of clarity on the #climaterisk and GHG emissions of #registeredcompanies. This significantly expands the #climatereporting requirements for registered companies.   A few quick takes and highlights of the final rule:   ✓ The SEC reviewed more than 24,000 comments submitted on the draft rule, which was proposed in March 2022   ✓ The rule applies to “registered companies,” which includes U.S. publicly traded companies and foreign registered companies   ✓ Registrants are required to disclose Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 #GHGemissions (Accelerated Filers (AFs) and Large Accelerated Filers (LAFs) will be required to disclose #Scope1 and #Scope2 emissions)   ✓ #Scope3 was proposed in the draft rule and eliminated from the final rule   ✓ Attestation reporting will be required, with specified parameters   ✓ #Financialstatement disclosures of physical climate risk, including on the effects of severe weather events, and activities to mitigate climate risk, will be required   ✓ Reporting on a company’s #boardofdirectors oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing those risks will be required   ✓ Information on a company’s #climatetargets and #climategoals that are material to the business strategy, operations, or financial condition, will be required   ✓ Capitalized costs, expenditures, and losses related to #carbonoffsets and renewable energy credits or certificates (#RECs), if materials, will be required   ✓ There will be a phased-in compliance timeline as there is with most new rulemakings   ✅ We’ll share a full analysis after reviewing the 800+ page rule.    📃 Here is the SEC link with the Fact Sheet and Final Rule: https://lnkd.in/g5YFj-SP   #secclimaterule #climatedisclosure #climateregulation #boardoversight

This has been another milestone month for global #sustainability and #climatedisclosure regulations.   📃 The EU continues to debate the text of the provisional agreement reached on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in December 2023. The #CSDDD is many years in the making and has broad support from the business sector across EU member states.   ⏳ The SEC announced that it will take up the long-anticipated #ClimateDisclosureRule during an open meeting on March 6, 2024. The SEC first released its proposed rule in March 2022.   🌍 The EU announced a provisional agreement delaying its compliance timeline for certain sectors under the landmark Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).    💡 We’ve received questions regarding the latest on the #CSRD, so we’ve updated our analysis which includes CSRD compliance recommendations for businesses. The link is below!   https://lnkd.in/gHAy-vHg

We are seeing more #corporateboards incorporate substantive #ESG and #sustainability training into their director onboarding programs.   ✅ A #bestpractice is to schedule an annual #boardrefresh as an update on the current ESG and sustainability landscape and to assess the #corporategovernance and board committee structure that serve as the foundation for #boardoversight of the company’s ESG and sustainability infrastructure, including strategy, operations, legal, regulatory compliance, risk management, disclosures and reporting.   ✅ With so much activity on the global #ESGstandards, #regulatory and #disclosures fronts, many companies are supplementing their #boardagenda for Q1 and Q2.

We are delighted to announce that David Lafferty has joined Verde Impact LLC as our Graduate Student Intern for this semester! David L. is currently a Master of Public Policy (MPP) candidate at the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. He is also active in legislative affairs at the University of Virginia for both the #UVA Student Council and the Batten School. Prior to undertaking his graduate studies at Batten, David was a Policy Advisor at the Democratic Governors Association and worked in senior government and corporate affairs roles at Gopuff, Quorum Analytics, and Delta Air Lines in Washington, DC. David earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a Minor in Spanish Studies from the University of Minnesota. David brings valuable experience and insights in public policy, #governmentrelations, #corporateaffairs, and #sustainability to the discussion. Batten is widely regarded as a leading and multidisciplinary #publicpolicy program. The #nextgeneration of leaders holds so much promise. We are proud to be able to bring those leaders on board as we collaborate to solve our pressing global challenges. Verde Impact has a structured graduate student internship program designed to provide #meaningfulwork, #mentoring, and #professionaldevelopment opportunities. We’ll be reaching out to colleagues in our network to schedule time to chat with David so do let us know if you’d be able to share some time and talk about your career development with him. Please join us in welcoming David to the team!