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From compliance to catalyst: How EHS audits must drive business value

By Magali Pires, Al Hocking, Vincent Sauvaire, William Cooke

27 June 2025

Missing Link: How financial quantification accelerates sustainability value creation

By Andrew Probert, Mark Lee, Jacco Kroon

20 June 2025

Navigating uncertainty: How to anticipate and minimize risk in a shifting US environmental regulatory landscape

By Lori Dinkelmann, Doug Parker

18 June 2025

In flux - EU Omnibus update

By Anna Jakobsen, Scott Nelson, Johann Weicht, Jacco Kroon

12 June 2025

Federal energy policy shifts: Insights from recent Executive Orders

By Michael Leifman

03 June 2025

Three steps to leverage your Scope 3 disclosure for value creation

By Andrew Marsh-Patrick, Riara Woodley

02 June 2025

Infrastructure Developers in Africa Can Efficiently Meet Lenders’ ESG Requirements—and Gain Competitive Advantage

By Nigel Seed

27 May 2025

Low-carbon hydrogen isn’t failing - it’s having its dotcom moment

By David Hart, Jacco Kroon

19 May 2025

EU Omnibus Policy Alert: Recommendations for companies on how to prepare for the upcoming changes

By Laurent Beuselinck, Aiste Brackley, Jacco Kroon, Johann Weicht

07 March 2025

Sustainability Trends Quarterly Outlook - October 2024

By Lauren Kwok, Dia Rizakos, Andrew Angle, Jacco Kroon

29 October 2024

Paint it Green: Strategies for Detecting and Combatting Greenwashing in ESG Ratings

By Alexandra Walker, Hélène Gaudin

01 August 2024

Report

The Global Regulations Radar

By Aiste Brackley, Ramesh Narasimhan, Justin Nelson

11 July 2024

Report

NCS for the Voluntary Carbon Market - An Investor Guide for Companies and Financial Institutions

By ERM Sustainability Institute, ERM, Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, Forest Investor Club

27 June 2024

Report

2024 Sustainability Leaders Survey

Findings from the 2024 Sustainability Leaders survey reinforce the urgency of climate action and point to the proliferation of legislation promoting sustainability across the globe, while simultaneously noting significant backlash against the ESG agenda.

25 June 2024

Interactive tool

Benchmarking Methane and Other GHG Emissions Of Oil & Natural Gas Production in the United States

03 June 2024

Policy alert

CSRD applicability for North American companies

By Jennifer Klie, Rahul Arora, Jared Robbins, Andrea Duque

16 May 2024

Policy alert

Significant business impacts from the EPA’s finalized amendments to air toxics regulations

09 May 2024

Policy alert

EPA finalizes four new power sector regulations

29 April 2024

Policy alert

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

25 April 2024

Report

Sustainability trends quarterly outlook - April 2024

By Mark Lee, Andrew Angle, Jacco Kroon

23 April 2024

Article

Managing PFAS as a business enterprise risk

By John Hazard, Truong Mai

13 September 2023

Article

Responsible Mining of Critical Minerals - Gaining Stakeholder Confidence with Integrated Compliance, Assurance, and Certification

In an era where supplies of critical minerals need to be rapidly scaled, stakeholders across the mining and metals value chain are demanding accountability and transparency on ESG issues.

By Glenn Keays, Judy Fedorowick, Susan Lasecki-Coiro, Ramesh Narasimhan

12 June 2024

Report

Catching the wave

By Jacco Kroon, ERM Sustainability Institute, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

22 April 2024

Report

2024 Global Offshore Wind Report

By Breanne Gellatly, Tugce Sahin, Roberta Donkin

22 April 2024

Report

ERM 2024 Global Health and Safety Survey

By Brian Kraus, Valery Kucherov

15 April 2024

Blog

Demystifying CSDDD

By Morganne Kroon, Jelle van der Stempel, Renée Rotering, Emma Albertone

11 April 2024

Article

Policy strategies for the oil and gas sector to scale up clean hydrogen

By Loic Le Gars, David Hart, Neeraj Nandurdikar

22 March 2024

Policy alert

Overview of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission climate rules

07 March 2024

Blog

Addressing stakeholder concerns to accelerate critical minerals production

By Charles Pembroke, Alex Guaqueta

01 March 2024

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Sustainable connections podcast

ERM's Sustainable Connections podcast explores how business can innovate and collaborate to catalyze systemic action.

Listen to podcasts

Episode 32: Converting ambition into action: Lessons from London Climate Action Week 2025

Episode 31: Achieving zero freshwater use featuring Cemex

Episode 30: Navigating the EU Omnibus

Episode 29: Transforming towards sustainable chemicals featuring WBCSD and Syensqo

Episode 28: Sustainability trends in 2025

Episode 27: Accelerating wind energy in Asia Pacific featuring GWEC

Episode 26: Reflections from COP29

Episode 25: The future of water resilience in the US featuring J.P. Morgan

Episode 24: Developing hydrogen ecosystems featuring HYCAP and MorGen Energy

Episode 23: Navigating nature tech solutions for business featuring the NatureTech Alliance

Episode 22: How to sell sustainability to business leaders featuring John Elkington

Episode 21: What Climate Week NYC meant for business

Episode 20: How mining can accelerate the energy transition featuring Rio Tinto

Episode 19: Scaling climate investment featuring General Atlantic

Episode 18: US renewable energy procurement featuring CEBA

Episode 17: SEC climate disclosure featuring Steptoe

Episode 16: Closing the nature data gap featuring Planet

Episode 15: How to scale the hydrogen economy featuring the Clean Hydrogen Partnership

Episode 14: Understanding nature disclosure featuring TNFD

Episode 13: Aligning sustainability and financial reporting featuring IFRS Foundation

Episode 12: Tripling renewable energy by 2030 featuring the Global Renewables Alliance

Episode 11: Sustainable seafood featuring Thai Union

Episode 10: Engaging with investors on ESG issues featuring Vale

Episode 9: The business case for ESG featuring KKR

Episode 8: Accelerating private market impact investment featuring Ardian

Episode 7: Building nature into business strategy featuring Salesforce

Episode Six: Understanding ESG ratings featuring CDP and CDPQ

Episode Five: Engaging with indigenous communities featuring Affinity North and Stratos

Episode Four: Managing the US energy transition featuring American Electric Power

Episode Three: Aligning finance portfolios with the Paris Agreement featuring J.P. Morgan

Episode Two: Finding the ways that work over five decades of environmental action and progress featuring the Environmental Defense Fund

Episode One: Natural climate solutions and the importance of collaboration featuring Bayer Crop Science and WBCSD

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