December 2023

Ahead of the Curve: Opportunity vs. Obligation in Sustainability

The tides are shifting in the sustainability landscape: Companies are preparing for compliance, transparency, and reporting, all while navigating pressures for innovation and sustainability progress. But if companies position themselves right, there is immense opportunity, not just obligation. 

In this Foresight Forum, Brian and Danny are joined by Kevin Budelmann of Peopledesign for a compelling conversation about leveraging a response to these trends for greater leadership, brand-positioning, and profitability. 

November 2023

Sustainability Reporting for Increased Profitability

In this webinar, Mike, Amy, and Floyd dove into the benefits of transparent sustainability reporting, exploring how it fosters stakeholder trust, attracts responsible investors, and enhances your brand reputation. You will learn to effectively measure, track, and communicate your organization's sustainability efforts, aligning them with international reporting standards.

October 2023

Unlocking Opportunities: Corporate Energy Markets

Buying energy is complicated. Combine marketplace volatility with differing regulations from state to state, complex contracts, and emerging renewable technologies, and you have a recipe for a lot of confusion (and the potential for lots of wasted money).

In this month's Foresight Forum, our energy procurement experts discussed how to build an approach to energy that increases both resiliency and profitability while supporting your company's overall decarbonization goals.

September 2023

Best Practices in Carbon Accounting

As the world grapples with the urgent need to address climate change, businesses and organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of effectively managing their carbon emissions.

In this webinar, three Foresight experts covered CSRD and the proposed SEC mandate requirements and best practices for collecting, calculating, and reporting data that is defensible.

August 2023

Understanding Scope 1, 2, & 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Pressure for carbon reporting is mounting from investors, policymakers, and consumers. But you may be wondering: What is your responsibility to report? What data do you need and where do you find it? How do you manage this data across your entire organization?

In our August Foresight Forum, three of our experts brought clarity to emissions sources, organizational boundaries, collection strategies, and reporting mechanisms.  

July 2023

A Sustainability Roadmap for Beginners

Often, the most challenging part of a sustainability journey is knowing where to start. There are multiple stakeholders to hold in tension and endless initiatives that qualify as "sustainable"... Where to begin?  
 
In our July Foresight Forum, three of our experts layed out a holistic pathway to simplify and kickstart your sustainability journey.

JUNE 2023

Real Talk: Sustainability Tensions & Tradeoffs

Sometimes, the pursuit of good things has adverse outcomes. More energy efficiency is great for your carbon footprint but not for human health. More circularity leads to far less traceability. More recycled content could have negative effects on a product's end-of-life. So, how do you weigh these pros and cons? How do you build a holistic, balanced sustainability approach?  

May 2023

How to Decarbonize Your Products

From product life mapping to pros and cons of material choices to product certifications and what they mean to your end user, our experts will share their insights across industries and how pressures through supply chains, regulatory, internal teams, and end consumers are challenging the notion of "what is in this product, anyway?" 

March 2023

Scope 3 Emissions & Your Supply Chain

With pressure for carbon reduction and reporting mounting from investors, policymakers, and consumers, the time is now to address your carbon management practices. Scope 1 and 2 emissions reductions fall under a company’s control, but what about Scope 3 emissions? How do you determine which of the 15 categories apply to your company or what you have the influence to change? How do you engage with your suppliers to collect data and make meaningful reductions? Mike and Wendy unpack these complexities in the March Webinar.

February 2023

GHG Emissions: How Do You Reduce Scope 1 & 2?

How is your company handling carbon emissions calculations and reductions? Pressure for carbon disclosure via policies, investors, and consumers, is only going to become more important with new SEC regulations coming in April 2023. In February's webinar, three Foresight experts demystify critical terminology around greenhouse gas emissions, including scope definition and how to get started collecting, evaluating, disclosing, and reducing your company’s Scope 1 & 2 emissions.