Tag Archives: Externalities

Rallying Behind Cross-Value Chain Energy Transitions

Energy transition needs massive funding. In discussion with stakeholders, Ksapa outlines in this article its solutions to address 3 key chokeholds companies face in activating energy transition projects – namely, the lack of time, competence and investment capacity

After the Pandemic, Achieving Better Sustainability Requires New Materiality Tools

Materiality analysis will capture stakeholders’ changing priorities during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.

ESG and Stakeholder Engagement in a Fraught Era

To advance responsible and business conduct amid conflicting cost-cutting policies, companies must engage stakeholders better, faster and more broadly. Ksapa shared 5 priority areas for immediate action and opened the conversation on challenges and solutions to the expert insights of Susanne Stormer (Novo Nordisk) and Christèle Delbé (Bonsucro).

Investors at the forefront of Human Rights Due Diligence

The PRI issued new recommendations to encourage investors to mainstream Human Rights due diligence. In this blog, Ksapa outlines a multi-year plan for investors to step up to the plate.

Covid-19 Provokes Profound Changes in the Circular Economy

Ksapa joined the World Circular Economy Forum led by Finland, the Netherlands and Canada, aimed at accelerating and amplifying the circular economy. Here are our highlights on the profound changes generated by Covid-19, that impact the very concept of circularity.

Responsible Investment in Venture Capital: 3 Strategies to Advance ESG

Explores some of the challenges venture capital fund general partners (GPs), limited partners (LPs), and founders face in managing ESG issues and proposes a road map of strategies the industry could take along three pillars

Concrete Solutions to #BuildBackBetter from the Covid-19 Recession

Ksapa held a webinar to explore solutions for corporations and investors to #BuildingBackBetter. Here are some takeways to navigate the crisis learning from the past and exploring innovative solutions coming what has been so unique to date with Covid-19 crisis.

Shifting Towards Sustainable Consumption Behavior

How to mainstream sustainable consumption behavior? Key Learnings from the Sustainable Share Index outlined in this article.

Harmonizing corporate ESG reporting standards

Non-Financial Reporting Harmonization Is Underway

Several initiatives are being developed with a view to harmonize reporting standards for corporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosures. The goal is to instill more consistency amid multiple preexisting reporting frameworks, in hope these streamlining initiatives do not come to contradict one another. Here are 3 essential principles for the development of such a standard.

An Antidote for SDG-Washing: 5 Key Progress Points for Businesses and Investors to Uphold the 2030 Agenda

The latest in a long line of distortions in corporate sustainability commitments, SDG-washing consists in claiming support of a United Nations’ initiative, without resolutely acting in favor of the global community, let alone managing negative impacts. Here are 5 key progress points for businesses and investors to uphold the 2030 Agenda.