As the city-state's listed companies prepare to kick off mandatory climate reporting in 2025, nine in 10 local firms have yet to fully measure Scope 3 emissions, which make up the bulk of an entity's carbon footprint, finds a new study.
Such disclosures will be 'the future of climate reporting', says ISSB chair Emmanuel Faber, as the global standards body assumes new responsibility to develop guidance on how firms should put out transition plans to meet net-zero targets.
While Asia Pacific utilities have expanded their renewables capacity in the last decade, all except those in Australia grew their coal capacity over the same period, pointing to the need to step up early coal retirement, finds a new study.
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Corporates’ silence on sustainability hinders progress, as do splashy unrealistic vows. South Pole’s APAC leader Shruti Singh tells Eco-Business how businesses can thread the needle and communicate to build trust in a polarised environment.