VCMI reports on a new handbook backed by 77 climate-vulnerable countries, designed to help policymakers better engage with Paris Agreement Article 6 carbon markets in the run-up to COP31.
TNFD, SBTN and Nature Positive Initiative Release Aligned Guidance to Strengthen Corporate Action on Nature
TNFD, SBTN and Nature Positive Initiative jointly publish updated, aligned guidance intended to help organisations strengthen corporate action on nature-related risks, dependencies and targets across disclosure and target-setting frameworks.
Superpollutant Roadmap for Corporate Action
Beyond Alliance and the Carbon Containment Lab launch a roadmap showing companies how to deploy the “emergency brake” on climate change by tackling superpollutants to slow near-term warming.
Ocean Investment Protocol: A multi-stakeholder plan to enable funding for the Sustainable Ocean Economy
UN Global Compact, UNEP FI and WWF present a framework for financial institutions, policymakers and industry leaders to scale the transition to a sustainable ocean economy, updated to reflect developments in ocean finance and integration into financial decision-making.
Asking Better Questions on Nature: For Bank Chief Risk Officers and Risk Committees
TNFD and UNEP FI give bank chief risk officers ten questions for assessing nature-related risk across portfolios, flagging nature bonds and biodiversity credits as emerging business lines and pollinator decline’s $577 billion exposure to crop production.
Investor expectations of companies on deforestation (updated)
IIGCC updates five core expectations for companies on deforestation – a public commitment, risk assessment across operations, sourcing and financing, supply-chain transformation, landscape action and annual disclosure – aligned to TNFD and IFRS S2.
The Permanence Rules Being Written in Article 6.4 Will Reach Your Portfolio
To invest in carbon credits at scale, companies need to know what a credible tonne looks like. Increasingly, that answer is being written in Bonn, where the Paris Agreement’s Article 6.4 mechanism is setting the rules for how carbon credits are generated, verified, and issued — rules that apply to countries and companies alike. It is becoming the reference architecture …
How to structure your carbon portfolio under new net-zero standards
Abatable guides corporate buyers in designing carbon portfolios that balance decarbonisation, ongoing emissions responsibility, removals and remediation reserves while matching instruments to claims under emerging net-zero standards and procurement timelines.
A Policymaker’s Guide to Implementing Leak Detection and Repair for Methane Mitigation
Clean Air Task Force provides step-by-step LDAR implementation guidance for regulators, covering regulatory design, technology selection, leak identification, reporting, and programme evaluation.
A Buyer’s Guide to Assurance on Sustainability Information
WBCSD and ICAEW’s updated second edition guides corporate buyers, including boards and audit committees, through commissioning sustainability assurance, covering scope definition, organisational readiness assessment and governance best practice.