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Swedish timber group contests EU climate change focus on preserving woodland
Plus, who should pay for ESG ratings, fossil fuel companies’ undisclosed gifts to Oxford, and Japan moves to mandate climate risk disclosure
Metrics and benchmarks aim to help banks and investors engage with companies that will not damage the planet
Rewetting drained land could be more sustainable than using it to grow crops
Khoi and San people stand to benefit from the drink’s growing global popularity
Prime minister Yoshihide Suga has vowed to build a ‘green society’, but the country’s dependence on fossil fuels will be hard to break. Plus: climate-proofing the Olympics; ESG incentives; whalers face extinction; nuclear dilemma; Sony’s man on a mission
Managers are waking up to the need for concrete action on sustainability and human rights
Funding commitment for Matarbari scheme sits awkwardly with carbon pledges
The prime minister’s surprise declaration is forcing Japan to rethink its energy strategy
Kenichiro Yoshida sees an ESG focus as crucial to the entertainment group’s future success
Changing consumer tastes could spell the end of a controversial industry
Organisers of future events must learn to factor in extreme weather and Covid-19
But keeping most reactors shut down in the wake of Fukushima is hampering efforts to cut carbon emissions
Economic realities threaten a bold experiment in green public transport
A flagship energy scheme has been undermined by policy shifts and adverse demographics
Church group objects to TCFD proposals, green investors mimic Buffett and Olympics expose Japan’s ESG flaws
Business can be a force for change by supporting a green, inclusive recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic
New issuance standards are helping drive a surge in sustainability-linked loans
Systemic guidance will help public and private sector investors to distinguish good from bad
Following the standard’s technical strictures need not preclude creative flair, as several new homes demonstrate
Plus, cleaning up dirty nappies, the cost of uncoupling solar panels from Xinjiang, and investment industry reaches a net-zero ‘tipping point’
Forest Green Rovers’ world-first project shows how construction sector is striving to meet CO2 targets
Fierce debate about so-called bioresources comes ahead of EU policy on classifying renewable energy
‘For many, there still seems to be a perceived correlation between bottle weight and wine quality’
Underwriters shrink away from coal and tar sands projects under scrutiny from investors, regulators and campaigners
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