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Sustainability: The Legislative Framework

Policymakers in Europe, the United States, and Asia have embraced policies aimed at providing more transparency in environmental performance.

In this context, it will be crucial for anyone doing business to adapt their strategies to the new directives, outlining goals for future sustainability, and turning them into an opportunity to differentiate and improve the appeal to clients, stakeholders, and investors.

Read below our articles on The Legislative Framework and stay up to date with the new regulation changes.

Legislative framework

CSRD: the directive and the impact on businesses

Learn about CSRD reporting, a critical directive shaping corporate sustainability reporting in the EU, including its requirements and impact on businesses.

22/07/2024
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EU CSDDD: What It Is and How It Will Impact Your Business

As matter of facts EU CSDDD will affect companies, but how is this going to happen? Here you can find the answer

19/06/2024
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European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)

We are glad to announce that the European Commission has officially adopted the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) as of July 31st, 2023.

29/08/2023
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Environmental compliance: all the main elements to take into account

Companies are increasingly expected to demonstrate responsible environmental practices and transparency in their operations to comply with regulations and stakeholders’ increasing requests. Environmental Regulations and Standards encompass a wide range of areas, including emissions control, waste management, resource conservation, and pollution prevention.

30/06/2023
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Sustainability report: the role of GRI standards

Sustainability reporting has become one of the most relevant practices for organizations willing to prove their value to stakeholders also through their commitment to ESG considerations and environmental issues. There are several sustainability reporting frameworks available to executives, including a few that have become widely used and are backed by international organizations. It is a rapidly evolving set of choices, as an analysis by the Harvard Business review has pointed out. In this context, GRI standards are designed to be an easy-to-use modular set, delivering an inclusive picture of an organization's material topics, their related impacts and how they are managed.

13/06/2023
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Sustainability strategy for large corporates: from compliance to competitiveness

In the early days of sustainability, many companies viewed it as a regulatory compliance issue. Businesses would do the minimum required to meet environmental standards and then move on, without giving much thought to how sustainability might actually benefit their operations.

13/03/2023
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GRI: what it is and how its standards are evolving

GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) is the independent, international organization that helps businesses and other organizations take responsibility for their impacts, by providing them with the global common language to communicate those impacts. It provides the world’s most widely used standards for sustainability reporting – the GRI Standards.

14/10/2022
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What are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.

26/09/2022
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What is the EU CSDDD?

In the beginning of 2022 the EU’s proposal concerning CSDDD is expected to bring great innovation in the area of sustainability.

26/09/2022
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Non Financial Reporting Directive - EU Directive 95/2014

 The Sustainability reporting, introduced for European companies with the EU Directive 95/2014, represents to date in the international reporting landscape, the starting point of a continuously evolving path that aims to meet numerous challenges, first and foremost the integrated management of non-financial information, structured in a framework that can be as comprehensive as possible, to be placed alongside classic financial reporting.

06/09/2022
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