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This report draws on executive insights and disclosure data from US public companies to assess where corporate climate targets are credible, where emissions trends are off track, and what business leaders should do to govern, track, and communicate climate commitments more effectively. Trusted Insights for What’s Ahead® Setting climate goals is a mainstream large-company practice. […]
When she started touring, singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was horrified by the music industry's indifference to sustainability. So she demanded it change.
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Shipping routes opened by climate change mean more industrial pollutants in the airThe gradual reduction in Arctic ice has started to open up new shipping routes, with marine traffic increasing by about 40% over the past 12 years. All these ships leave trails of pollutants in the air, which are already having a measurable climate effect.Aerosol particles in engine exhaust act as nuclei for water droplets, promoting cloud formation. Like aircraft, ships may leave contrails behind them in the sky. Continue reading...
Sadiq Khan’s heat-ready plan for London is a sensible strategy for adaptation that should provide a roadmap for other cities“Our ability to trust that our homes will keep us safe from the outside is under threat,” the geographer Sam Johnson-Schlee writes in Hot House, his recent book on how heat has transformed domestic life. This summer, high temperatures have become inescapable. People have coped with makeshift solutions: keeping curtains drawn, placing foil over windows or – for those who can afford one – plugging in an air-conditioning unit. Planning experts warn that, with only about half of councils requiring new buildings to include cooling strategies, many homes will become “death traps” as temperatures rise.Britain’s homes weren’t built to cope with this. The country’s historically mild climate allowed developers to build houses without insulation, while industrialisation supplied plentiful coal to burn when temperatures dropped. Many homes are consequently drafty in winter and sweltering in summer. Unlike those in Mediterranean climates, British homes lack shutters and shaded communal spaces. While Ildefons Cerdà, Barcelona’s masterplanner, was designing housing blocks with cool courtyards and chamfered edges to allow breezes to flow, Britain’s Victorian builders were throwing up rows of terrace houses – many without cross-ventilation – and giving little thought to the movement of the sun. Continue reading...
I first noticed it a couple of weeks ago on the streets of Cardiff – and it felt alarmingly wrongWhen the wind is warm, you know something is up. Naturally, I have been well aware of the awful reality of the climate crisis, but it has taken the warmth of the wind to really panic me. Not the endless 30C+ days, the desiccated garden, the tap slowing to a drip. No, it is the warm wind blowing on me. I can just about manage in punishing heat, even though it is particularly suffocating when the air is still. But I thought I had a tacit agreement with the British climate that at least when there was a breeze it would cool me down a bit. When a breeze warms me up, here in the UK anyway, it feels nothing less than un-British, and I wonder if we really are getting into the end of days.I first noticed it a couple of weeks ago on the streets of Cardiff. I turned a corner on St Mary’s Street and there it was, a strong gust of properly warm wind, right in my face and down into my lungs. Reeling, gasping a little, I looked around for the idling bus that had surely generated this unpleasant blast of air. But this wind hadn’t emanated from a bus’s rear, for there was no bus in sight. It was the weather and it felt alarmingly wrong. Continue reading...
Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide?There’s a slightly mean question I often ask British people with an interest in the living world: can you name the environment secretary? I don’t intend to show them up: it’s not them I’m testing. I watch the brows knit, a finger go up, the mouth open and close. “It’s, you know, the one who … no, they went, didn’t they? That other one …” It’s been like this for seven years.Why? Because throughout this period, we’ve not had environment secretaries. We’ve had portals through which corporate lobbyists may pass. The last incumbent to represent the wider public interest (and I can scarcely bring myself to type these words) was Michael Gove. In his other roles, he’s widely remembered with loathing and disgust. Out of office, he continues to poison public life, as editor of the Spectator. But in this role, to general astonishment, he placed the public good above special interests.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
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A favorite vacation option may be at risk because of rising temperatures. Even those sticking with their summer plans agree: More air conditioning would help.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has released a guidance document, "Leveraging RSPO Principles and Criteria for IFRS® Sustainability Disclosure Standards". This new resource supports certified sustainable palm oil producers to align their sustainability practices with the IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 disclosure standards that serve as the global framework for reporting sustainability-related financial information.
As more than 30 jurisdictions, representing around 60% of global GDP, move towards adoption of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (IFRS SDS), companies are increasingly required to disclose how sustainability-related risks and opportunities affect their financial position and prospects.1
This resource provides a practical pathway for palm oil producers to respond to these requirements by leveraging their existing compliance with the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C), without duplicating efforts or creating parallel systems.
Informing investor-relevant disclosures: A four-step approach
Certification and the IFRS SDS serve different purposes. This guidance, developed with support from PwC Malaysia, provides a practical bridge between operational sustainability practices and financial disclosure expectations by helping members translate certification-related topics, metrics, and evidence to inform investor-relevant disclosures.
It sets out a four-step approach to IFRS SDS-aligned reporting, guiding RSPO Members on applicability, reporting boundaries, identification of sustainability-related risks and opportunities, and links to financial performance. It also includes seven practical examples, illustrating how the RSPO P&C requirements and implementation evidence can inform disclosures across key sustainability topics, from ethical conduct and legal compliance to environmental protection and worker health and safety.
Beyond growers, the guidance document also supports financial institutions by helping banks, insurers, and investors understand how palm oil sustainability issues, such as labour disputes and traceability gaps, can translate into financial risks, impacts, and opportunities, enabling clearer risk profiling and more informed financing decisions.
Joseph D' Cruz, RSPO Chief Executive Officer, said: "As sustainability reporting becomes an integral pillar of financial performance, this guidance bridges certification and disclosure, providing RSPO members with a practical framework to demonstrate sustainability performance in ways that resonate with global capital markets. In line with the growing importance of sustainability disclosures in financing and investment decision-making processes, this guidance illustrates how RSPO Principles and Criteria practices can complement an organisation's strategy and risk assessment processes."
Andrew Chan, Partner, Sustainability Leader at PwC Malaysia, said: "This guidance responds to the broader shift towards measuring sustainability through a financial lens, with the adoption of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (IFRS S1 and IFRS S2). For RSPO growers, this creates an opportunity to demonstrate how sustainability practices contribute to business resilience as well as value creation — building investor confidence for the long term."
Importantly, the guidance also reflects RSPO's longer term interest in progressively strengthening linkages with sustainability disclosure frameworks. As disclosure expectations continue to evolve, RSPO intends to further explore how certification-related data metrics and assurance processes can support broader and more integrated sustainability disclosures in the future.
The Guidance Document can be downloaded here.
For more information, visit www.rspo.org
About RSPO:
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a global partnership to make palm oil sustainable. Formed in 2004, the RSPO is a multi-stakeholder non-profit organisation that unites members from across the palm oil value chain, including oil palm producers, palm oil processors and traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks and investors, environmental or nature conservation non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and social or developmental NGOs.
As a partnership for progress and positive impact, the RSPO facilitates global change to make the production and consumption of palm oil sustainable. To inspire change, we communicate the environmental and social benefits. To make progress, we catalyse collaboration. To provide assurance, we set the standards of certification.
The RSPO is registered as an international association in Zurich, Switzerland, with main offices in Malaysia and Indonesia, and offices in China, Colombia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States.
About PwC:
At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We're a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com
TOKYO, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Seafood Legacy Co., Ltd. and Nikkei ESG will host "The Sustainable Seafood Summit 2026 (TSSS2026)," a flagship event for the global seafood industry, from October 21 to October 23, 2026.
As one of Asia's largest sustainable seafood events, TSSS2026 brings together key international stakeholders to share the latest insights and accelerate sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. Since 2015, TSSS has united businesses, governments, researchers, investors, CSOs, and other stakeholders committed to advancing a sustainable, nature-positive seafood industry.
Today, the seafood sector faces growing challenges, including climate change, geopolitical uncertainty, IUU (illegal, unreported, unregulated) fishing, biodiversity loss, and human rights risks. These issues threaten marine ecosystems, supply chains, and global food security.
In this changing landscape, trust has become a key competitive advantage. Supply chain transparency and collaboration are essential to building resilient seafood systems. East Asia, home to some of the world's largest seafood markets, has the opportunity to become a global driver of sustainable solutions.
The theme of TSSS2026 is "Resonating Actions, Expanding Impact." Through collaboration among businesses, fishers, researchers, policymakers, and CSOs worldwide, the event will explore practical solutions that accelerate positive change.
TSSS2026 is open to anyone interested in co-creating the next wave of transformation for sustainable seafood.
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Sample Sessions (Tentative)
- Building Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries and Aquaculture in East Asia
- Blue Finance for a Nature-Positive Seafood Industry
- 7th Japan Sustainable Seafood Award (JSSA 2026) Ceremony
Speakers (Tentative)
- Ray Dhirani, Head of Capital Markets Outreach, Marine Stewardship Council & Aquaculture Stewardship Council
- Songlin Wang, Founder and President, Qingdao Marine Conservation Society
- Dick Jones, Executive Director, National Fisheries Institute Sushi Council
- Masaru Ikemi, Representative Director, President &CEO, UMIOS Corporation
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 21-Friday, October 23, 2026
*Networking Reception on Day 1; pre-registration required
Venue: Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba, PORT HALL
Address: 1F Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba Office Tower, 1-7-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Format: 3-day in-person event
Admission: Free
Language: Simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation for all sessions
Registration & Details: https://sustainableseafoodnow.com/2026/en/
Promotional movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnkmfeI6qMs
About Seafood Legacy Co., Ltd.: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/attach/202607092287-O1-7MQ7Tsqs.pdf
About Nikkei ESG: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/attach/202607092287-O2-84D7oRk0.pdf
The measure responds to Constitutional Court ruling and would require annual and sector-specific emissions reduction pathways through 2050.
Allegations jumped from 51 in 2021 to 148 over a five-year period, found a new Business & Human Rights Resource Centre report, with nickel-rich Indonesia topping the list, largely for harms involving local communities, workers and water pollution.
Five years after Thailand banned paraquat and chlorpyrifos, farmers and consumers remain unsafe from the overuse of other dangerous agrochemicals.
Nearly a fifth of all Pakistani households rely on solar energy, but the people installing and cleaning these panels have little to no protection.
