In February 2022, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) published a paper titled “The materiality madness: why definitions matter”. GRI’s corporate sustainability reporting standards, based on the concept of double materiality, are the most widely used worldwide. GRI’s key message in the paper was simple – don’t complicate the idea of materiality. As GRI put it,...
We have a deal on Climate Law – Agreement on Climate Law for Europe 2030 “We have a deal on Climate Law!” After 15 hours of talks, the European Union negotiators agreed on a new European Climate Law. According to the law, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be reduced by 55% by 2030 compared to...