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Powering the Future: Water as a strategic asset for the energy sector

By Greg Koch, Vikram Kashyap, Amy McDonald

21 March 2025

EU Omnibus Policy Alert: Recommendations for companies on how to prepare for the upcoming changes

By Laurent Beuselinck, Aiste Brackley, Jacco Kroon, Johann Weicht

07 March 2025

Sustainability Value Triangle: Creating impact through Finance, IT, and Sustainability

By Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), SustainableIT, Salesforce, GlobeScan

27 February 2025

Comply, Save Money and Grow - how PPWR will revolutionize packaging in the EU and beyond

By Annette Koehler, Beth Murphy, Michael Spielmann

27 February 2025

The Global Regulations Radar, 2nd Edition: Bi-annual update on ESG and EHS regulations

By Aiste Brackley, Katie Langemeier, Rahul Arora, Ramesh Narasimhan

03 February 2025

2025 Annual Trends Report: The Path Forward for Sustainable Business

By Andrew Angle, Michael Ellis, Katie Langemeier

31 January 2025

How climate transition planning can unlock capital

By Paul Simpson OBE

08 January 2025

Five ways to leverage sustainability in an age of insecurity

By Daniel Litvin

10 December 2024

EU Omnibus Policy Alert: Recommendations for companies on how to prepare for the upcoming changes

By Laurent Beuselinck, Aiste Brackley, Jacco Kroon, Johann Weicht

07 March 2025

Sustainability Trends Quarterly Outlook - October 2024

By Lauren Kwok, Dia Rizakos, Andrew Angle, Jacco Kroon

29 October 2024

Paint it Green: Strategies for Detecting and Combatting Greenwashing in ESG Ratings

By Alexandra Walker, Hélène Gaudin

01 August 2024

Report

Renewables Conundrums: Building Benefit

By Andrew Angle

17 September 2024

Report

The New Disclosure Landscape: Comparing sustainability standards and regulations

By Catherine Osborn, Justin Nelson

16 September 2024

Policy Alert

The Race to Electrify: Meeting US Decarbonization Goals through Rapid Transmission Expansion

09 September 2024

Blog

From Mandate to Mastery: Delivering on financial quantification requirements

By James Hubbard, Ed Beech, Kay Downey, Becky Nibbs

09 September 2024

Resource

Fast-Track CSRD Compliance

By Onur Durmus, Victoria Cross, Johann Weicht

04 September 2024

Blog

Navigating climate-related financial risk

By James Hubbard, Ed Beech, Kay Downey, Becky Nibbs

02 September 2024

Blog

Navigating multiple truths - to successfully transform, companies need to be at ease with ambiguity

By Andrew Angle, Jacco Kroon, Maren Steinkemper

19 August 2024

Blog

Preparing for ISSB: 10 Essential Steps for APAC Businesses

By Matty Lunn

09 August 2024

Blog

Paint it Green: Strategies for Detecting and Combatting Greenwashing in ESG Ratings

By Alexandra Walker, Hélène Gaudin

01 August 2024

Report

Breaking Chains, Building Sustainably: Overcoming supply chain barriers

By Ed Struzik, Dia Rizakos, Katie Langemeier

25 July 2024

Report

Sustainability Trends Quarterly Outlook - July 2024

By Andrew Angle, Aiste Brackley, Jacco Kroon

28 July 2024

Policy Alert

Supreme Court Decisions Increase Risk for Businesses in the U.S. Energy Sector

23 July 2024

Report

How to unlock wind and solar energy potential in Latin America and Africa

By Christopher Hope, Eliza Topliff, Prasiddhi Shrestha, Rose Kilonzo

23 July 2024

Report

The Global Regulations Radar

By Aiste Brackley, Ramesh Narasimhan, Justin Nelson

11 July 2024

Report

NCS for the Voluntary Carbon Market - An Investor Guide for Companies and Financial Institutions

By ERM Sustainability Institute, ERM, Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, Forest Investor Club

27 June 2024

Report

2024 Sustainability Leaders Survey

Findings from the 2024 Sustainability Leaders survey reinforce the urgency of climate action and point to the proliferation of legislation promoting sustainability across the globe, while simultaneously noting significant backlash against the ESG agenda.

25 June 2024

Interactive tool

Benchmarking Methane and Other GHG Emissions Of Oil & Natural Gas Production in the United States

03 June 2024

Policy alert

CSRD applicability for North American companies

By Jennifer Klie, Rahul Arora, Jared Robbins, Andrea Duque

16 May 2024

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Sustainable connections podcast

ERM's Sustainable Connections podcast explores how business can innovate and collaborate to catalyze systemic action.

Listen to podcasts

Episode 28: Sustainability trends in 2025

Episode 27: Accelerating wind energy in Asia Pacific featuring GWEC

Episode 26: Reflections from COP29

Episode 25: The future of water resilience in the US featuring J.P. Morgan

Episode 24: Developing hydrogen ecosystems featuring HYCAP and MorGen Energy

Episode 23: Navigating nature tech solutions for business featuring the NatureTech Alliance

Episode 22: How to sell sustainability to business leaders featuring John Elkington

Episode 21: What Climate Week NYC meant for business

Episode 20: How mining can accelerate the energy transition featuring Rio Tinto

Episode 19: Scaling climate investment featuring General Atlantic

Episode 18: US renewable energy procurement featuring CEBA

Episode 17: SEC climate disclosure featuring Steptoe

Episode 16: Closing the nature data gap featuring Planet

Episode 15: How to scale the hydrogen economy featuring the Clean Hydrogen Partnership

Episode 14: Understanding nature disclosure featuring TNFD

Episode 13: Aligning sustainability and financial reporting featuring IFRS Foundation

Episode 12: Tripling renewable energy by 2030 featuring the Global Renewables Alliance

Episode 11: Sustainable seafood featuring Thai Union

Episode 10: Engaging with investors on ESG issues featuring Vale

Episode 9: The business case for ESG featuring KKR

Episode 8: Accelerating private market impact investment featuring Ardian

Episode 7: Building nature into business strategy featuring Salesforce

Episode Six: Understanding ESG ratings featuring CDP and CDPQ

Episode Five: Engaging with indigenous communities featuring Affinity North and Stratos

Episode Four: Managing the US energy transition featuring American Electric Power

Episode Three: Aligning finance portfolios with the Paris Agreement featuring J.P. Morgan

Episode Two: Finding the ways that work over five decades of environmental action and progress featuring the Environmental Defense Fund

Episode One: Natural climate solutions and the importance of collaboration featuring Bayer Crop Science and WBCSD

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