The International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) via its Tangible Assets Board (TAB) has issued this Perspectives Paper following the recent changes to International Valuation Standards, effective 31 January 2025 (IVS). These include an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Appendix within IVS 104 Data and Inputs.
Although business travel stopped almost entirely during COVID, its return far surpassed projections, and is now close to - or even above pre-pandemic levels. As such, it’s no longer possible to simply look at the past few years’ travel volumes and use that as a benchmark for future emissions. Organisations need to rethink travel to align with ESG goals. Most companies, however, lack a comprehensive strategy for reducing these emissions, despite the availability of tools and frameworks to support sustainability efforts. Becoming more sustainable doesn’t need to be an all-or-nothing mentality, and unless a business has a dedicated resource leading…
Leisure Lakes Bikes, a leading UK bike retailer, has analysed over 2,000 UK train stations to identify the 20 stations with the highest number of cycle storage spaces. With a whopping 2,850 bicycle storage spaces, Cambridge train station offers cyclists more spaces to store and park their bikes than any other train station in the UK. In fact, almost 20% (18.5%) of spaces across the top 20 can be found at this train station alone, making it really standout as the most cyclist friendly and one that supports people to make journeys on their bikes.
As an employer of others, the ultimate responsibility on their effective performance rests on the shoulders of the boss. The role is lauded for its prestige, power, and often lucrative rewards. Yet, with great power comes greater responsibility - a responsibility that too many leaders shirk when faced with the harsh realities of business downturns.
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Another COP has come to a close, and in a year of geopolitical turmoil and the world experiencing record breaking temperatures, bringing nation states together at COP28 was deemed of vital importance. There had been much scepticism about this year’s conference, most notably because of the host nation being an oil producing state. The choice of COP28’s president was also an unusual one, Sultan al-Jaber being the Chief Executive of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), which allegedly has the biggest net-zero busting expansion plan in the world. However, some argued that being an oil company Chief Executive…
