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: Sustainability
Is your company ready for California’s Climate Disclosure Laws?
Do you know and understand your company’s carbon footprint? Do you do business in California? If you answered yes to these questions, then now is the time to start paying attention to California’s new climate laws: While your company may have less than $1 billion in annual revenues, if you are a supplier to these…
Events: Rick to Moderate Panel on Greenwashing at LLF’s Good Business Summit
From Lowcountry Local First: Good Business Summit 2024 Breakout Session Spotlight: Small Business, Global Impact. How to run an eco-conscious and profitable business without greenwashing ♻️ In a world where environmental responsibility is increasingly vital, the challenge for businesses lies in navigating the path towards both eco-conscious practices and profitability without succumbing to the pitfalls…
5 Key Takeaways from COP28
By: Emma Abrams In December, 85,000 participants from across the world gathered in Dubai for the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference. It resulted in the first-ever Global Stocktake, an assessment on the progress the world has made so far, and what lies ahead to combat climate change. Here’s what you need to know about the…
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…
Is your company ready for California’s groundbreaking packaging law, SB 54?
The Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54) is a packaging extended producer (EPR) law that was signed into law in California in 2022. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach that holds producers responsible for the entire lifecycle of their products, including post-consumer waste management. It shifts the burden of…