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🔍 Mandatory Climate Disclosure: What Charities Need to Know 🔍 The Treasury Laws Amendment Bill introduced on March 27, 2024, is set to reshape corporate reporting with mandatory climate-related disclosures. But how does this impact charities? Our latest article explores the proposed legislation and its implications for the not-for-profit sector. Stay informed and prepared! 📚 Read the full article here: Mandatory Climate Disclosure https://loom.ly/eHNKpu8 #vocarelaw #corneyandlind #climatedisclosurelaws #charity #notforprofit

A recent report by Charity Digital highlights the prevailing attitudes within the UK charity sector towards climate action. Some key takeaways: - 47% of health charities 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 to their charitable purpose. - 40% of finance sector respondents 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 regarding climate change. - 23% of respondents said they were not sure if 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 into their organisation’s decision-making - Most charities rated the sectors efforts to address climate change 6 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 10. The comments cited '𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦', '𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯', and '𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨' as to reasons why charities were not taking action. #ClimateAction #CharitySector #ClimateChangeAwareness

Today's the day to download the 2024 edition of The Giving Report! This year's report focuses on the downward trends in giving, the role of social disconnection in giving, and how charities will fare in a time of increasing crises, like climate change, when fewer people give each year. Download the report here: https://lnkd.in/giDYDVDs Key findings from the report include: -17.7% Canadians gave in 2021: This is a decline in the number of Canadians giving from 2013 to 2021. -57% of charities are unable to meet current levels of demand, which speaks to the gaps between the growing challenges and charities' abilities to provide support. -80% of those with many close friends donate, while just over half of those with very few close friends donate. -32% of Canadians say climate change or protecting our environment is a top cause for them, but only 1.5 percent of donations made through CanadaHelps are directed to environmental charities. P.S. There is still time to register for our webinar that will highlight the main findings of The Giving Report. Join us at 1:00 p.m. EST today! https://lnkd.in/gVWbiSWP Thank you to our partners at Environics Analytics and Imagine Canada.

In our Climate Positive Plan we set a target for ‘all our clients’ but quickly realised the reality of how different sectors were responding to the climate crisis. While all the businesses we work for have publicly committed to tackling their emissions – and increasingly have science-based targets – this was not the case for the not-for-profit sector. Our membership organisation clients have small teams dedicated to helping their members improve sustainability and most of our charity clients are focused on directly achieving their charitable objectives, which became even more challenging during the pandemic. We committed our time to increasing awareness in the charity sector and finished with 82% of clients with GHG emission reduction targets in place, rather than the target 100%. More on what we've learnt and how we've adapted our strategy over the last 3 years: https://bit.ly/3UDSDBe #Adaptation #ActiveAdaptation #RaceToZero #GHGemissions #ScienceBasedTargets #SBTi #TacklingEmissions #NotForProfit #BusinessAsAForceForGood #BCorp

Is your charity prepared to play its part in achieving Net Zero? In today’s climate crisis, reducing emissions is more crucial than ever. 🌍 Check out my latest blog to learn how your charity can set and achieve Net Zero targets.

The #GreatBigGreenWeek begins tomorrow & what better way to get you in a green frame of mind, than by downloading our #climateaction report? Find out about the achievements of UK Muslim charities and barriers to further progress: The Climate Coalition The Aziz Foundation

Is your charity prepared to play its part in achieving Net Zero? In today’s climate crisis, reducing emissions is more crucial than ever. 🌍 Check out our latest blog to learn how your charity can set and achieve Net Zero targets. Written by Harriet Hodgson-Grove, partner in our London office, the blog covers practical strategies that will help you and your charity contribute to a more sustainable future. 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5tNKs-P #NetZero #charity #notforprofit #sustainability #climateaction #carbonfootprint #climatechange

After hundreds of conversations with investors and family offices, what fact about conservation funding shocked almost each and every one of them? The portion of charitable donations in the US that goes towards protecting and regenerating nature, the oceans, forests and food systems that we kinda need to survive… When I ask how much they’d guess it is, I hear, 20%, 30%, 50%…. It’s less than 2% Less than 2% of charitable donations in 2020 went towards the systems that uphold 50% of the global economy, as well as doing helpful stuff like feed us, fight climate change and provide new medicines. This is why we have to make nature investable. Yes we have to scale philanthropy, but alone philanthropy will never close the $830billion nature finance gap. That’s why Nature2 is so focused on accelerating nature based investing, and as a result we’ve already seen way more appetite for conservation philanthropy, because when donors realize that gap they want to be a part of closing it. What portion of donations would you have guessed went towards #conservation? #nature2 #naturefinance #conservationfinance

Did you miss the "Fundraising Climate Change" webinar I recently hosted? No worries! You can still access the recording and slides here: https://hubs.ly/Q02pR8px0 Discover the story behind the 2023 data and learn how to achieve your goals despite the challenges of decreased giving, lower donor retention, and worsening response rates. Don't miss out on this opportunity to stay ahead of the game! #majorgiftsfundraising #fundraisingmetrics

Charities are taking proactive steps to reduce their carbon footprints. However, there’s still a long way to go, with many charities needing more resources and knowledge to achieve Net Zero. Discover more about the challenges and proactive steps being taken: https://lnkd.in/eDshqu6d Let’s support charities in their climate action journey and work together for a sustainable future by nominating them in Benefact Group’s special draw ⬇️ #Climate #Environment #NetZero