Chronos Sustainability

We were delighted to welcome the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation to open trading in London this morning. The Market Open was followed by a discussion with the IFRS Foundation on corporate reporting in the future. Topics discussed included factors affecting how companies report, how technology and AI are re-shaping how investors consume financial information, and the extent to which geopolitical changes are affecting corporate reporting priorities. The discussion was led by Julia Hoggett, CEO of the London Stock Exchange and Erkki Liikanen, Chair of the IFRS Foundation Trustees and included senior figures from the investor, corporate and technology communities. Read the welcome story: https://lseg.group/4hrpKQN #MarketOpen #Sustainability #CorporateReporting

The first copies of ‘Just Earth’ have arrived. Always a big moment to handle an actual printed copy of text that was in this case three years in the making. It has been a hard book to get right, considering the complexity of the subject matter, but looking at it again now and I’m pleased with the result. The Bloomsbury team have done a fabulous job on the production side and I’m now very much looking forward to it being published on March 13th.

📄Register now to attend the BBFAW 2024 launch webinar on the 27th March 2025. We will be holding two launch webinars: 10:00 GMT registration link: https://lnkd.in/e9gpRCdA 16:00 GMT registration link: https://lnkd.in/eubh8hZq

With cracks shaking the foundations of #netzero alliances spanning asset management, insurance and banking, there is clear concern that the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) as we know it is heading for the emergency exit. Although there is understandable disappointment that #GFANZ is pausing critical work on #nature transition plans and #indexinvesting, as well as taking another look at its priorities, increased pragmatism doesn't mean the body is slashing its ambition. For my feature this week, I spoke to GFANZ, Andrea Webster (World Benchmarking Alliance), Sean Kidney (Climate Bonds Initiative), Mark Campanale (Carbon Tracker), Katie Stewart (ShareAction), John Lang (Net Zero Tracker), Rory Sullivan (Chronos Sustainability), and the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Read the full feature via ESG Investor here:

**ONE DAY TO GO** 📆 Free webinar! Biodiversity for Business: a primer - Thursday 27 February, 3pm (GMT) 📆 We're joined by leading biodiversity experts, Julie Dimitrijevic from Fauna & Flora , Rebecca Drury from Chronos Sustainability, and Megan Simpson from Shared Planet, to discuss the key things sustainability professionals need to know about biodiversity and nature in 2025. Hear from the panel on: - the latest on international agreements - 18 months on from COP15's global biodiversity framework - and what it means for business; - what to expect on regulation and disclosure for biodiversity; - what an effective biodiversity plan looks like; - the opportunities and challenges for organisations; - how to build the business case and win the argument for biodiversity action; and, - best practice examples of organisations that are already making real progress. Register here to join us: https://lnkd.in/e3A4rBBk Photo credit: Juan Ma Contortrix

A great success at our in-person networking event last night for the Air Pollution Footprint Partnership. It was fantastic to get likeminded organisations together to discuss the solutions and successes of corporate #airpollution reporting.   We had some great speakers sharing their wisdom and experiences around: 🔸 The role of #investors encouraging corporate air pollution reporting (Hannah Wakelin from Chronos Sustainability) 🔸 The Alliance for Clean Air (Roshni Mehta from Clean Air Fund) 🔸 Ricardo's experience of calculating and reporting air pollutant emissions (Oliver Bleeker from Ricardo plc) (find their air pollution emissions in their Annual Report here: https://lnkd.in/eBaz-Y9q) 🔸 Air pollution as an issue of health equity (Yasmine Y. from Clean Air Fund) 🔸 The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the future of air pollution reporting (Susanna Arus from Frank Bold) Huge thanks to Christopher Webb and Poppy Newton from tp bennett, one of our most engaged organisations, who hosted us for the evening, and to our funders Clean Air Fund and Impact on Urban Health. Thank you to the committed APFP team at Ricardo plc for organising the event and hosting the event (Guy Hitchcock, Ella Wingard, Tom Buckland, Patrick K. Harland). If you're an organisation interested in air pollution reporting, please don't hesitate to check out our website and reach out: https://lnkd.in/eGtbFNkq #airquality #airpollution #cleanair #corporatereporting #ESG #health #investors #networking #CSRD #sustainability