{"id":35552,"date":"2010-11-08T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=35552"},"modified":"2010-11-08T12:36:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T12:36:57","slug":"mandatory-sustainability-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/mandatory-sustainability-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory sustainability measures: a digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35567 lazyload\" title=\"Pounce\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Pounce.jpg\" alt=\"Pounce\" width=\"568\" height=\"378\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 568px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 568\/378;\" \/>Like spring follows autumn or cats pounce on mice (even under the snow!), now seems to be the season for people to discuss mandatory supra-national reporting standards.\u00a0 Without going into too much detail, here is a selection of last week&#8217;s activity for you to peruse at your leisure.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>EU may legislate on corporate, social and environmental data<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsible-investor.com\/home\/article\/eu_may_legislate_on_corporate_social\/\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener\"> story was reported by Responsible Investor<\/a> (RI).\u00a0 In effect, the EU is  keeping the door open for future ESG legislation, but the period within which any decision will be made is rapidly narrowing.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2010  the European Parliament passed the resolution &#8220;Delivering a single  market to consumers and citizens&#8221;.\u00a0 This highlighted &#8220;the importance of establishing a green single market for emerging  low-carbon and  environmental technologies, services and products&#8221; and insisted that  &#8220;the use of conformity assessments to gauge social environmental and  economic impact at both EU and national level&#8221; should be ensured.<\/p>\n<p>The  European Commission, the EU&#8217;s executive, broadly agrees with this  opinion and describes the need for a Single Market Act as urgent.\u00a0  Consequently, it now aims to have a Single Market Act passed and  implemented by the end of 2012 with a draft scheduled for publication in  early 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Of further note in the RI article the report the  commission is considering a review the status of &#8220;foundations,  corporative societies and mutual associations&#8221;.\u00a0 If the EU were to start  to legislate to put these forms or corporation on even an equal footing  as traditional businesses it would change the ESG dynamic overnight.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Full disclosure of SRI data &#8220;would boost the market&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citywire.co.uk\/global\/full-disclosure-of-sri-data-would-boost-the-market\/a441225\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener\">This  story comes from CityWire<\/a>, an independent publication a  quarter owned by Reuters, and reports on the views of the European  Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif).<\/p>\n<p>Matt Stevens, Eurosif&#8217;s  executive chairman, is quoted as saying &#8220;A purely voluntary disclosure  scheme does not guarantee significant, relevant and comparable data from  all issuers.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However he is at least partially contradicted by  Steve Waygood, former Chair of UKSIF, who says &#8220;I am not convinced that  the potentially ossified regulatory hand on all issues is the right one  .. (however) .. there is definitely a need for much better guidance on  what should be disclosed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In his role as Head of Sustainability  at Aviva Investors, Waygood prefers the approach of asking stock markets  to make ESG part of their listing criteria.\u00a0 While not regulatory, this  is still a form of mandatory ESG disclosure.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Are businesses ready to accept more carbon legislation?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, is the surprising answer from Carbon Guerilla&#8217;s chairman Les Hayman, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/business-green\/news\/2272515\/businesses-accept-carbon\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener\">as reported by Business Green<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hayman  believes many companies are tapping into carbon accounting as a way of  lowering costs and cites an example of someone who chews through up to  \u00a340\/day in carbon credits purchased from a mobile phone provider.<\/p>\n<p>He  says: &#8220;I think governments are only just starting to realise that this  area is an incredible one for taxation, and one that allows them to look  like really good global citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The idea of carbon allowances  for individuals and corporations isn&#8217;t not a new one but unfortunately,  and unwittingly, Hayman also points out the flaw in such schemes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Think  of carbon as a debit or credit card, so you spend something you have or  something you pay for in the future,&#8221; he says. &#8221; (This)\u00a0 makes people  aware that it&#8217;s a limited commodity like currency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Except currency isn&#8217;t a limited commodity, as fans of quantitative easing will all too happily point out.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The accountants are coming<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sustainability reporting is often linked with financial reporting because, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainabilityforum.com\/news\/biodiversity-agreement-weve-been-conned\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener\">George Monbiot recently said<\/a>, &#8220;the way in  which nature is being squeezed into a column of  figures in an  accountant&#8217;s ledger .. may be  necessary.  What else will induce the blinkered, frightened people who  hold power  today to take the issue seriously?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind there are there&#8217;s one other story which is worth keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n<p>The US SEC is considering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accountability-central.com\/nc\/single-view-default\/article\/sec-work-plan-on-global-accounting-standards\/\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener\">the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards<\/a> (IFRS) as a replacement for the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and will continue to report upon measures required throughout 2011.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, IFRS is already the norm in the EU &amp; South Africa and will be integrated into accountancy rules in India, Russia, Japan and Canada from 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Although an agreement on accountancy rules between erstwhile competitors such as the US, Russia, the EU and India will be unprecedented, such worldwide agreement will make the integration of sustainability concerns into financial calculations much easier.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><sup><strong>Picture Credit: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photofarmer\/383617744\">Pounce! by photofarmer<\/a> under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution License<\/a>.<\/sup><br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like spring follows autumn or cats pounce on mice (even under the snow!), now seems to be the season for people to discuss mandatory supra-national reporting standards.\u00a0 Without going into too much detail, here is a selection of last week&#8217;s activity for you to peruse at your leisure. 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