For Immediate Release from the SEC. Washington D.C., March 6, 2024 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings. The final rules reflect the Commission’s efforts to respond to investors’ demand for more consistent, comparable, and reliable information about the financial…
Category: ESG
Sustainable New Year’s Resolutions for your Small Business
By: Emma Abrams Last year, 2023, was the warmest year on record. 2023 was an average 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial temperatures. Looking forward to the year ahead, scientists are raising alarms about the need to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly in order to limit warming to the 1.5 degree goal…
3 Emerging Sustainability (ESG) Regulatory Trends for 2024
Whether you are a publicly traded company, privately held, or even a small company that’s part of a multinational company’s supply chain, you are now feeling pressure from regulators, investors, retailers, customers, and employees to demonstrate your commitment to sustainability. Sustainability, also now commonly referred to as Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) by investors, is…
Sustain SC and The Shi Institute at Furman University Welcome the Third Class of SLI Fellows
The Furman University Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities, in partnership with Sustain SC, has launched the Sustainability Leadership Initiative (SLI) — an innovative leadership development program and host of ongoing Sustainability Forums for future-minded leaders in South Carolina, and I am honored to be a part of the 2023-24 class. SLI Fellows are visionaries and…
Sustainability 101: What are PFAS?
I recently came across this article about Charleston fish having high levels of forever chemicals, also known as PFAS, which is pretty terrifying. Want to know why that’s terrifying? According to the EPA, exposure to certain levels of PFAS may lead to: – Reproductive effects such as decreased fertility or increased high blood pressure in pregnant…
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Announces Launch of Manufacturer Climate Action Program (MCAP)
Program to enable manufacturers on their decarbonization journey For most companies, at least 75% of their carbon footprint comes from their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, which is their upstream and downstream value chains, and if we are going to get serious about climate action, then understanding, measuring and reducing your company’s Scope 3 emissions…
