Disclosure
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a non-profit organization that works with companies, investors, and governments to encourage the measurement and disclosure of environmental data. Specifically, the CDP focuses on helping organizations disclose their carbon emissions, climate risks, and opportunities for reducing their environmental impact. By collecting and analyzing this data, the CDP aims to create greater transparency and accountability around corporate sustainability practices, and to encourage more sustainable business practices that can help mitigate climate change. The CDP operates globally and has become one of the leading organizations for measuring and reporting on environmental performance.
Atrius is a partner of CDP.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent international organization that provides a framework for sustainability reporting. The GRI's reporting framework is widely used by organizations around the world to report on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. The GRI aims to promote transparency and accountability in sustainability reporting, by providing guidelines and standards that organizations can use to report on their sustainability performance in a consistent and meaningful way. The GRI reporting framework covers a wide range of sustainability topics, including climate change, human rights, labor practices, and supply chain sustainability. Overall, the GRI plays an important role in promoting sustainability reporting and driving progress towards a more sustainable global economy.
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) is an independent, non-profit organization that provides a framework for sustainability accounting and reporting. The SASB framework provides industry-specific sustainability accounting standards that help companies identify, manage, and report on the sustainability issues that are most relevant to their business. The SASB standards cover a range of sustainability issues, including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors that are financially material to a company's performance. The SASB standards are designed to be industry-specific and evidence-based, and they aim to provide investors with more accurate and comparable information on a company's ESG performance. Overall, the SASB is an important organization for promoting sustainability accounting and reporting, and for driving progress towards a more sustainable global economy.
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) is an industry-driven organization that provides a benchmark for sustainability performance in the real estate sector. The GRESB benchmark is widely used by real estate companies, institutional investors, and asset managers to assess and compare the sustainability performance of their portfolios. The GRESB framework covers a range of sustainability issues, including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors that are material to the real estate industry. The GRESB assessment includes a set of standardized questions that evaluate the sustainability performance of real estate companies and funds, and provides a score that can be used to benchmark performance against peers. Overall, the GRESB is an important organization for promoting sustainability in the real estate sector, and for driving progress towards a more sustainable built environment.
Atrius has a partnership with GRESB.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) is a family of stock market indices that measures the sustainability performance of companies around the world. The DJSI is based on an analysis of economic, environmental, and social performance of companies across a range of industries, and provides a benchmark for investors looking to invest in sustainable companies. The DJSI is one of the most widely recognized sustainability indices, and companies included in the index are often considered leaders in sustainability within their respective industries. The DJSI is published annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM, and has become an important tool for investors looking to incorporate sustainability considerations into their investment strategies. Overall, the DJSI plays an important role in promoting sustainability within the business world, and in driving progress towards a more sustainable global economy.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) created the TCFD to develop recommendations on the types of information that companies should disclose to support investors, lenders, and insurance underwriters in appropriately assessing and pricing a specific set of risks—risks related to climate change.
Guidance
GHGP establishes comprehensive global standardized frameworks to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector operations, value chains and mitigation actions. GHG Protocol supplies the world's most widely used greenhouse gas accounting standards. In 2016, 92% of Fortune 500 companies responding to the CDP used GHG Protocol directly or indirectly through a program based on GHG Protocol.