ESG reporting is an effective way for companies to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability. It’s an organisation’s opportunity to showcase the drive and legitimacy of its agenda, and how they prove to the world they are not making empty promises.

By embedding ESG management and reporting into their core operations, companies are responding to the interests of the public, customers, investors, and employees. Documenting ESG performance in reports is one way companies monitor their progress in meeting impact-related objectives.

The difference between carbon offsetting and carbon insetting? Carbon insetting is the practice of addressing carbon emissions inside a company’s own value chain, whereas by offsetting, a company supports projects that are separate from its business practices.

Direct emissions, indirect emissions, and other indirect emissions: how well do you know which business practices fall under scope 1, 2, or 3 emissions? Learn more here.

Climate investment is a term that refers to the funding of projects or initiatives that aim to mitigate or adapt to the impacts of climate change. Learn more about how businesses and individuals can take positive action by investing in the climate.

Carbon markets refer to systems that allow companies, governments, and other organizations to buy and sell carbon credits as a means of offsetting or addressing their carbon emissions. These markets can be either compliance-based or voluntary.

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are one type of carbon project you can choose to support when offsetting your carbon footprint, along with community-based projects and renewable energy projects. Carbon offsetting projects work to reduce, capture, or avoid a proportional amount of CO2 emissions to the amount that you’re offsetting.

Community-based projects are climate projects that have an extra impact: they address carbon emissions while also supporting local communities through solutions like improved cooking technology, improved access to water, and economic development.

More and more, renewables are replacing fossil fuels across all sectors. A lot of work is still required before they can fully replace traditional sources of energy, but renewable and inexhaustible resources are definitely the energy sources of the future.