Rick Crawford has earned Sustainability Leadership Initiative (SLI) Fellowship certification through Sustain SC and the Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities at Furman University. By earning this certification, Rick has demonstrated the leadership qualities necessary “to navigate South Carolina through unprecedented changes in human and natural communities, while supporting economic prosperity and resilience.” Only twenty-four participants…
Category: ESG
Protect What You Love
I started my company to protect what I love, which is Emerger Strategies’ purpose. As a passionate angler who fell in love with nature through fly fishing, I quickly discovered that pollution, climate change, and habitat degradation were posing significant risks to our fisheries. I am also witnessing in real-time and sea-level rise, plastic pollution,…
How to Measure Your Company’s GHG Emissions
Launched in 2001, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, was developed by a multi-stakeholder partnership led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and provides guidance to organizations so they can accurately report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, also known as a carbon footprint….
SEC Adopts Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors
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…
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…