Environment

The past year, 2024, has been a defining moment for addressing critical global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, water conservation, plastic packaging and deforestation.

The incoming administration in 2025 is poised to significantly influence Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) regulations and sustainability efforts for businesses and workplaces, both domestically and globally.

Stakeholders, regulators, & consumers are all calling for more insight into business operations, prompting organizations to turn to voluntary reporting frameworks to proactively share their sustainability initiatives. But what exactly are these frameworks, and why do they matter?

As 2024 comes to a close, companies across the U.S. who conduct business in California are gearing up for the climate-related financial risk disclosures required under Senate Bill 261 (SB 261), passed in 2023 and reinforced with the amendments provided in SB 219.  

The Thomasville (GA) Community Development Corporation (TCDC) has been named the recipient of a two-year Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grant of $100,000 per year.

Veolia North America, the largest private operator of water services in the United States, is joining with Water Finance Exchange (WFX), the trusted nonprofit improving America’s water infrastructure, to help small and disadvantaged communities improve their water and wastewater

DP World’s decision to deepen its involvement with the WRAS program was a no-brainer, building on the previous support of Ocean Wise’s Whale Health & Monitoring program.

Adaptation isn’t just a response to climate change—it’s an investment in a safer, more sustainable future. And with partners like DP World stepping up, Canada is proving that resilience can be built one project at a time.

In this episode of ESG Talk, Mandi McReynolds is onsite in Baku at COP29 with Linda-Eling Lee, head of the Sustainability Institute at MSCI, to explore the evolving role of businesses in tackling global climate challenges.

The Arbor Day Foundation will help distribute more than one-thousand trees in Asheville, North Carolina in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.