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S2E2: Are climate and environment disclosures helping to cut carbon?
Manage episode 434751658 series 2318075
Climate and environment data disclosures are vital. But what really matters is real action on cutting emissions and nature protection.
Synopsis: Every first and third Sunday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.
There’s a saying in sustainability circles: What gets measured, gets changed.
And this applies particularly to companies, which are the major source of carbon emissions heating up the planet. Companies are also top sources of damage to nature, especially biodiversity loss. Corporate supply chains, products and services all have a carbon and nature footprint. So, what companies, as well as cities and public institutions, decide really matters.
But until recently, companies were under no obligation to fully measure and report their impacts and what they were doing about it.
Times have changed. A growing number of countries, including Singapore, are mandating annual corporate climate disclosures. And likely soon, nature impact disclosures, too.
One organisation that has been at the forefront of corporate environmental disclosures is the non-profit CDP.
But can we really trust the data in corporate climate and environment disclosures? Who's checking? And are disclosures really making a difference?
With us today to tell us about this is Sherry Madera, Chief Executive of CDP, which manages an environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states and regions.
Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):
2:01 What data is being provided to CDP and is it getting better?
5:20 What percentage of companies, cities and public institutions that share data with CDP come from Asia?
7:32 How are investors using the data given to CDP?
9:40 What are the main gaps in the data? And where are companies, cities and others failing to take action?
12:42 How can we really trust the data supplied to CDP? How do you check it?
16:14 In what ways is data disclosure translating into real action on the ground? Some examples?
Produced by: David Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis & Amirul Karim
Edited by: Hadyu Rahim
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The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuZ2
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Chapters
1. Are climate and environment disclosures helping to cut carbon? (00:00:00)
2. What data does CDP get, and is it improving? (00:02:01)
3. Share of Asian entities in CDP data (00:05:20)
4. How investors use CDP data (00:07:32)
5. Data gaps and areas lacking action (00:09:40)
6. How CDP ensures data trust (00:12:42)
7. Data disclosure leading to action (00:16:14)
1903 episodes
Manage episode 434751658 series 2318075
Climate and environment data disclosures are vital. But what really matters is real action on cutting emissions and nature protection.
Synopsis: Every first and third Sunday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.
There’s a saying in sustainability circles: What gets measured, gets changed.
And this applies particularly to companies, which are the major source of carbon emissions heating up the planet. Companies are also top sources of damage to nature, especially biodiversity loss. Corporate supply chains, products and services all have a carbon and nature footprint. So, what companies, as well as cities and public institutions, decide really matters.
But until recently, companies were under no obligation to fully measure and report their impacts and what they were doing about it.
Times have changed. A growing number of countries, including Singapore, are mandating annual corporate climate disclosures. And likely soon, nature impact disclosures, too.
One organisation that has been at the forefront of corporate environmental disclosures is the non-profit CDP.
But can we really trust the data in corporate climate and environment disclosures? Who's checking? And are disclosures really making a difference?
With us today to tell us about this is Sherry Madera, Chief Executive of CDP, which manages an environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states and regions.
Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):
2:01 What data is being provided to CDP and is it getting better?
5:20 What percentage of companies, cities and public institutions that share data with CDP come from Asia?
7:32 How are investors using the data given to CDP?
9:40 What are the main gaps in the data? And where are companies, cities and others failing to take action?
12:42 How can we really trust the data supplied to CDP? How do you check it?
16:14 In what ways is data disclosure translating into real action on the ground? Some examples?
Produced by: David Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis & Amirul Karim
Edited by: Hadyu Rahim
Follow Green Pulse Podcast here and rate us:
Channel: https://str.sg/JWaf
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaY
Spotify: https://str.sg/JWag
Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts
Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg
Follow David Fogarty on X: https://str.sg/JLM6
Read his articles: https://str.sg/JLMu
---
Discover more ST podcast channels:
All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: https://str.sg/wvz7
The Usual Place: https://str.sg/wEr7u
In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt
COE Watch: https://str.sg/iTtE
Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7
Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN
Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf
Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m
Hard Tackle: https://str.sg/JWRE
#PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad
Music Lab: https://str.sg/w9TX
---
ST Podcast website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts
ST Podcasts YouTube: https://str.sg/4Vwsa
---
Special edition series:
True Crimes Of Asia (6 eps): https://str.sg/i44T
The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuZ2
Invisible Asia (9 eps): https://str.sg/wuZn
Stop Scams (10 eps): https://str.sg/wuZB
Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuJa
---
Get The Straits Times' app, which has a dedicated podcast player section:
The App Store: https://str.sg/icyB
Google Play: https://str.sg/icyX
---
#greenpulse
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
1. Are climate and environment disclosures helping to cut carbon? (00:00:00)
2. What data does CDP get, and is it improving? (00:02:01)
3. Share of Asian entities in CDP data (00:05:20)
4. How investors use CDP data (00:07:32)
5. Data gaps and areas lacking action (00:09:40)
6. How CDP ensures data trust (00:12:42)
7. Data disclosure leading to action (00:16:14)
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