Carbon Offsetting September 21, 2023 | Sponsored Carbon Offsetting, Carbon Neutral, Net Zero. What are they and why should AIM company boards care? Last week carbon offsetting made headlines again when The Guardian reported that the UK Advertising watchdog is to crack down on Carbon Neutral and Net Zero claims as a result of recent offsetting controversies, including from one of the most widely [...]
ESG: Understanding Investors September 21, 2023 | Sponsored Investors are one of the key reasons why AIM firms are increasing the level of focus on their sustainability strategies. As highlighted in the recent QCA report, investor expectations on Small and Medium Cap firms is increasing and will likely continue to rise. An investor can take different forms and there are different influences at play [...]
Materiality September 21, 2023 | Sponsored ESG: What’s material about materiality? Materiality: the quality of being relevant or significant. It’s not an acronym which, for ESG, is a good start. And the meaning in business and accounting does remain true to its definition. Great! So, what’s the catch? There are differing views about how materiality should be applied when it comes to [...]
Governance Tech September 21, 2023 | Sponsored AIM ESG Performance: Governance in Technology Addidat has collaborated with Nurole on its AIM ESG series, providing information about AIM companies’ ESG requirements and performance, along with practical suggestions about what firms can do to improve. This article focuses on governance performance of companies operating in the technology sector, specifically addressing two key questions: how firms govern ESG [...]
The cure for Sick Building Syndrome? September 20, 2023 Buildings are boring. We spend so much time inside that we hardly notice them, except when they go wrong. Sometimes this happens in big ways. In 2020, two-year-old Awaab Ishak succumbed to the black mould in his flat. Poor quality household air likely contributed to the death of another child, Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah, whose Lewisham [...]
The Business Case For ESG September 20, 2023 “Let’s get real”, says Daniel Jeczmien, co-founder and CEO of Omnevue, an online ESG accounting platform. “ESG is not about saving the planet. It’s about using new datasets to drive investment in businesses that have longevity – sustainable profitability.Jeczmien should know. The businessman began his career in marketing, as did his co-founder, Dr Marc Lepere, [...]
Troubled Waters: The Urgent Fight to Prevent Unlawful Pollution September 20, 2023 | Sponsored With the end of summer approaching, it is time to savour the last of the warmth and enjoy soaking up the sun. For many, their favourite way to spend a hot day is taking a dip in one of a number of diverse water bodies. From the lochs of Scotland to the southern English coast, [...]
How Moral is ESG? September 20, 2023 ESG is immoral. So argued Milton Friedman, an economist, back in 1970. Customers, employees and stockholders, he said, did not need company executives to spend their money for them. If an executive, operating in a competitive market, took an action that reduced her company’s profits in the name of “‘social responsibility’”, she then had to [...]
Measuring Apple’s Sustainable Progress September 19, 2023 | Sponsored Apple stalled their much-awaited phone release to showcase their sustainability progress video featuring actress Octavia Spencer and CEO Tim Cook himself, a couple of days ago which garnered the interest of many, like me. Although the video is quite impressive and highlights the commendable efforts made by the company’s sustainability team, it doesn’t quite show [...]
“Trustees relying on a headline ESG rating ARE at risk.” – pI ESG Club Conference 2023 Recap September 19, 2023 | Sponsored The following is a write-up by Integrum ESG analyst Molly Frazer after having attended Portfolio Institutional’s ESG Club Conference on 13 September 2023. This was an event attended by many leading figures in the UK & EU Asset Owner community, where institutional investors engaged on how to reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, protect [...]