Fly fishing for tarpon has taught me many lessons, both personally and professionally. For example, fishing taught me that everything in nature is interconnected. Just as a palolo worm, a hungry tarpon, a flats ecosystem, and the moon phase are connected, so are our businesses and our planet. The understanding that all of nature, and…
Tag: Climate Change
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…
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…
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…