<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="https://riskpublishing.com/wp-content/plugins/pretty-rss-feeds/xslt/pretty-feed.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen" ?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" >

<channel>
	<title>Sustainability &#8211; Risk Publishing</title>
	<atom:link href="https://riskpublishing.com/sustainability/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://riskpublishing.com</link>
	<description>Connecting Risk Professionals</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:14:58 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2</generator>

<image>
	<url>https://riskpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-favicon2-32x32.png</url>
	<title>Sustainability &#8211; Risk Publishing</title>
	<link>https://riskpublishing.com</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image> 
	<item>
		<title>ESG Risk Assessment Template (Free Excel Download)</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/esg-risk-assessment-template/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=37435</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The California Air Resources Board expects the first scope 1 and 2 emissions reports under SB 253 in 2026 from every US company with more than $1 billion in revenue doing business in the state. Administrative penalties for non-filing run up to $500,000 per entity per year. ESG Risk Assessment Template: Key Takeaways The California ... <a title="ESG Risk Assessment Template (Free Excel Download)" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/esg-risk-assessment-template/" aria-label="Read more about ESG Risk Assessment Template (Free Excel Download)">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Best Carbon Accounting Software Compared: The 2026 Buyer&#8217;s Guide</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/best-carbon-accounting-software-compared/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=37367</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Carbon accounting software stopped being a sustainability-team luxury on June 24, 2026, when the California Air Resources Board extended the first SB 253 reporting deadline from August 10 to November 10, 2026. US companies with over $1 billion in revenue doing business in California now have under four months to file their first scope 1 ... <a title="Best Carbon Accounting Software Compared: The 2026 Buyer&#8217;s Guide" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/best-carbon-accounting-software-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Best Carbon Accounting Software Compared: The 2026 Buyer&#8217;s Guide">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sanctions Screening in Third-Party Risk Management</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/sanctions-screening-third-party-risk-management/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=37015</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[On November 21, 2023, OFAC announced a $968,618,825 settlement with Binance, the largest in the agency&#8217;s history, hours after chief executive Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty in a Seattle courtroom. Across Treasury, DOJ, and CFTC, the package reached $4.3 billion. Binance failed to screen its own customers, but the same statutes reach every US company&#8217;s suppliers, ... <a title="Sanctions Screening in Third-Party Risk Management" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/sanctions-screening-third-party-risk-management/" aria-label="Read more about Sanctions Screening in Third-Party Risk Management">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Climate Transition Risk Assessment: Physical and Transition Risk Under TCFD</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/climate-transition-risk-assessment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=34337</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[When Pacific Gas &#38; Electric filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2019, its balance sheet showed $51 billion in assets. The proximate cause of collapse was not a credit crisis or fraud. It was a failure of climate transition risk assessment. Years of drought, rising temperatures, and a regulatory environment tightening around wildfire liability ... <a title="Climate Transition Risk Assessment: Physical and Transition Risk Under TCFD" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/climate-transition-risk-assessment/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Transition Risk Assessment: Physical and Transition Risk Under TCFD">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>SEC Climate Disclosure Rules: ERM Implications and Compliance Roadmap</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/sec-climate-disclosure-rules-erm-implications/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=33885</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[SEC Climate Disclosure Rules have transformed how organizations approach climate-related risk reporting. In February 2025, a Fortune 100 energy company&#8217;s CFO received an unexpected call from the audit committee chair. The question was direct: &#8220;If the SEC rule is dead, why did three of our largest institutional investors just send letters demanding the same disclosures?&#8221; ... <a title="SEC Climate Disclosure Rules: ERM Implications and Compliance Roadmap" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/sec-climate-disclosure-rules-erm-implications/" aria-label="Read more about SEC Climate Disclosure Rules: ERM Implications and Compliance Roadmap">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Top Carbon Accounting Software Compared</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/top-carbon-accounting-software-compared/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=33228</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways The carbon accounting software market reached $24.3 billion in 2025 and is projected to hit $191 billion by 2035, driven by CSRD, ISSB S2, and California SB 253 mandates. Persefoni leads for financial institutions needing PCAF-aligned financed emissions reporting with its audit-grade Footprint Ledger. Watershed earned Verdantix leader status in 2026 and maintains ... <a title="Top Carbon Accounting Software Compared" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/top-carbon-accounting-software-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Top Carbon Accounting Software Compared">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Best ESG Data Management &#038; Rating Platforms Compared</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/best-esg-data-management-rating-platforms-comp/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=33221</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways The ESG data and analytics market reached approximately $3.2 billion in 2025 and is projected to exceed $7.5 billion by 2030, driven by CSRD, ISSB adoption across 40+ jurisdictions, and investor mandates for comparable sustainability data. Over 89% of institutional asset managers now integrate ESG data into investment processes. MSCI ESG Ratings is ... <a title="Best ESG Data Management &#038; Rating Platforms Compared" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/best-esg-data-management-rating-platforms-comp/" aria-label="Read more about Best ESG Data Management &#038; Rating Platforms Compared">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>ESG Due Diligence Checklist for M&#038;A Transactions</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/esg-due-diligence-checklist-for-ma-transactions/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=32940</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways ESG due diligence has shifted from a voluntary best practice to a legal obligation under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which requires in-scope companies to identify, prevent, mitigate, and remediate adverse human rights and environmental impacts across their value chains. Compliance applies from July 26, 2029 for companies with &#62;5,000 ... <a title="ESG Due Diligence Checklist for M&#038;A Transactions" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/esg-due-diligence-checklist-for-ma-transactions/" aria-label="Read more about ESG Due Diligence Checklist for M&#038;A Transactions">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>TCFD vs ISSB vs CSRD: Which Framework Applies to You?</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/tcfd-vs-issb-vs-csrd-which-framework-applies/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=32933</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways TCFD disbanded in October 2023 and transferred monitoring responsibilities to the ISSB. TCFD’s four-pillar framework (Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, Metrics and Targets) lives on as the structural backbone of both ISSB IFRS S2 and CSRD’s ESRS E1 climate standard. Companies already reporting under TCFD have a head start on both successors. ISSB (IFRS ... <a title="TCFD vs ISSB vs CSRD: Which Framework Applies to You?" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/tcfd-vs-issb-vs-csrd-which-framework-applies/" aria-label="Read more about TCFD vs ISSB vs CSRD: Which Framework Applies to You?">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>ISSB IFRS S1 and S2 Implementation Guide for US Companies</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/issb-ifrs-s1-and-s2-implementation-guide-for-us/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://riskpublishing.com/?p=32931</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways IFRS S1 (general sustainability) and IFRS S2 (climate-specific) are the ISSB’s first two global sustainability disclosure standards. Released in June 2023 and effective for reporting periods from January 1, 2024, they are designed to be applied together using a four-pillar structure: Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, and Metrics and Targets. As of January 2026, ... <a title="ISSB IFRS S1 and S2 Implementation Guide for US Companies" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/issb-ifrs-s1-and-s2-implementation-guide-for-us/" aria-label="Read more about ISSB IFRS S1 and S2 Implementation Guide for US Companies">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
