SGS Sustainability Assessment Survey – 2020

There is a type of beetle known as the ironclad beetle in Southern California that is incredibly tough and hard to kill.The ironclad beetle is so strong it can…

The package includes the much-awaited detailed rules under the Taxonomy Regulation relating to climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation. Some sections in the draft rules are missing from the final rules and there is a new timeline for further work.
Final amendments to existing rules under the Solvency II Directive, the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD), MiFID II, the UCITS Directive and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), to incorporate sustainability considerations, are included in the package.

Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) venture capital and mobility services arm has invested in a blockchain technology scale-up that will help it to make supply chains for battery materials more sustainable.

Electric vehicles are seen as a key part of the transport sector’s low-carbon emissions, but the metals and minerals used in their batteries aren’t inherently sustainable

Called Circulor, the blockchain platform uses a combination of GPS, biometrics and QR codes to create a tamper-proof trail of audit for raw materials. The platform tracks compliance with environmental and social regulation and company pledges in these fields, while also calculating the carbon footprint of the materials.