The importance of emissions benchmarking is the focus of the latest episode in the Contracts for the Climate podcast series. The series from The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) focuses on the built environment and how lawyers can get climate-friendly clauses into contracts. Thomson Reuters has long supported TCLP, which brings legal professionals together to draft …
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Spotlight on the Legal Industry’s Climate Change Allies: Ashurst
With the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) two weeks away, organizations worldwide have committed to net zero targets and are working on how to deliver them. A new resource for legal professionals supporting these efforts with climate-aligned legal clauses is the Net Zero Toolkit from The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP). The toolkit is based on …
7 Reasons the World Will Be Sustainable – A Multimedia Feature
Sustainability is a critical goal, but the question becomes: How do we get there? Thomson Reuters released a multimedia feature entitled, ‘7 Reasons the World Will be Sustainable,’ which examines the conflux of drivers that will enable sustainability globally, including transparency, catastrophe, science & innovation as well as the role of heroes, regulators, investors and …
Mind Your Business Episode 3: A Conversation with Michael Meehan of GRI
Mind Your Business is back, and in this episode, Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters, has a conversation with Michael Meehan, chief executive of GRI, about the value of sustainability in the modern business environment. You can listen to Mind Your Business by clicking the play button on the …
Thomson Reuters releases greenhouse gas emissions data on global energy providers
Thomson Reuters today released new research revealing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data from 32 global energy companies, a key subset of the world’s largest publically traded businesses. The Global 500 Greenhouse Gas Report: The Fossil Fuel Energy Sector, written in collaboration with global sustainability consultancy BSD Consulting, is the second in a series of GHG reports …
Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion 2014 Report now available
This post was written by Rachel Moseley, Corporate Responsibility program manager at Thomson Reuters I remember when I passed my driving test. I was thrilled, and so was my driving instructor (no more nail biting lessons), my parents (no more taxi-service), and my friends (a new taxi-service). Sharing the news with each of them was …
Thomson Reuters and the value of unified Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion
Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters, sat down for a discussion with Tim Nixon, director of Sustainability at Thomson Reuters, to talk about the value of a unified corporate responsibility and diversity inclusion function and its value to Thomson Reuters global enterprise. Watch the short video below.
Podcast: Integrated Corporate Reporting
Robert G. Eccles is a professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He is one of the world’s leading experts on a global movement for companies to include new, value-related information in their regular reporting to regulators, investors and stakeholders. Prof. Eccles has written two books on the subject, One Report: Integrated Reporting for …
Podcast: Sustainability and corporate collaboration
Sustainability is an increasing priority for many companies, and incorporating more sustainable practices is encouraging collaboration across various industries to arrive at better, more cost-effective solutions. Tim Nixon, managing editor of sustainability at Thomson Reuters, talked with sustainability leaders at the world’s largest household and personal products company (Proctor & Gamble) and the nation’s second-largest car manufacturer …
Podcast: The Equality Effect & justice for young girls in Africa
The Equality Effect is a non-profit charity that uses international human rights law as a crowbar to pry open justice for women and girls around the world. Drawing on a team of feisty international lawyers, the equality effect supports its regional legal partners by initiating creative legal advocacy projects to achieve systemic change. In Kenya, …
