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Mitigating the Risk of Greenwashing: Practical Insights and Strategies

In our global quest for true environmental sustainability, transparency and accountability in our environmental claims are not just beneficial; they are essential. A revealing study by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in early 2021 found that up to 40% of green claims made online might be misleading. This issue, known as greenwashing, significantly undermines efforts to combat climate change…

Sustainability in financial services is important – but is it sustainable?

The following article is reproduced with permission of the author, Simon Gray, Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers A provocative title for an emotive subject perhaps – yet still a very important one and worthy of debate, particularly given recent well-publicised fires raging in Europe, British Colombia and Hawaii and of course resistance to the recently implemented Ultra-Low Emission…

Lord Mayor’s Coffee Colloquy on SDG 13 Climate Change

The Lord Mayor has convened a series of conversations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Working in conjunction with the Royal Society three deal with different aspects of the SDG 13 – Climate change. The second session dealt with the issue of Nature and the Economy. It is of heightened relevance as we see the start of the impact of…