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The Largest Companies are Falling Short in Managing and Disclosing Water Scarcity Risks

By Sharath Bhaskar on March 10, 2010 1 Comment Arizona Public Services, beverage, beverages, Bloomberg, California State Teachers Retirement System, CalSTRS, Ceres, Ceres investor coalition, chemicals, clean potable water, coal mining, Diageo, direct operations, electric power, energy, ESG, food, fossil, fossil fuels, gas, homebuilding, investors, Jack Ehnes, julie Hudson, mining, oil, Pinnacle West, risk assessment, semiconductors, stakeholder engagement, supply chain, UBS, UBS Investment Bank, us securities and exchange commission, waste water treatment, water accounting, water disclosure practices, water reporting, Water Scarcity, water security, Xstrata

The Largest Companies are Falling Short in Managing and Disclosing Water Scarcity Risks

Ceres has released the ﬁrst comprehensive assessment and ranking of water disclosure practices of 100 publicly-traded companies in eight key sectors exposed to water-related risks: beverage, chemicals, electric power, food, homebuilding, mining, oil and gas, and semiconductors. The report highlights best practices, key gaps and trends in water reporting and lays out a set of recommendations for companies and investors.

The Business Case For Carbon Management Software: CFOs Will Be Compelled To Invest In It

By Tracey de Morsella on September 10, 2009 2 Comments accounting, audit costs, auditability, Board, brand exposure, Business Case For Carbon Management Software, CA ecoGovernance, carbon abatement, carbon abatement investments, carbon abatement spending, carbon accounting, carbon assets, carbon costs, carbon data, carbon data modelling tools, carbon data quality. Climate Disclosure Standards Board, carbon data verification, Carbon Disclosure Project, carbon emissions communications, Carbon Hub, carbon liabilities, carbon management organiZation.carbon management strategy, carbon management software, carbon management systems, carbon prices, carbon reduction commitments, carbon reduction plan, CarbonView, Caterpillar, CFO, CFOs, change costs, cisco, climate change risk management. Mandatory reporting, climate change strategies, CO2 compliance deadline, CO2 targets, Coca-Cola, compliance costs, Crédit Agricole, David Metcalfe, emissions data, energy cost savings, enterprise carbon footprint, enterprise footprint, ESS, EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, GHG audit, GHG reporting, global consistency, government regulations in a number of countries, greenhouse gas emissions, Greenstone Carbon Management, Hara, IHS, IHS opsInfo, implementation of carbon management software, Investors Want More Disclosure of Climate Risk Data from Corporations, mandatory reporting rules, National Grid, PE International, risk management, SAP, SAS, SAS for Sustainability Management, Shell Exploration & Production, supply chain carbon footprint, Tesco, The Gap, Verdantix, verification of carbon emissions data, Vodafone and Weyerhauser, Wal-Mart, Westin hotel, Xstrata

The financial risk of carbon liabilities, a need for better management control over carbon data, and new government regulations in a number of countries, will will compel CFOs to invest in carbon management software in the coming year. This is the main conclusion of the report, The Business Case For Carbon Management Software, from the research firm Verdantix. The report analyzes the business case for investing in carbon software from vendors like CarbonView, Carbon Hub, ESS, Greenstone Carbon Management, Hara, IHS, PE International, SAP and SAS.