All articles by Elisabeth Jeffries – Page 4

  • Features

    ESG: A new reporting paradigm

    December 2015 (Magazine)

    A new EU directive mandates non-financial corporate disclosures. In light of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, Elisabeth Jeffries finds reason for praise as well as for caution

  • Special Report

    Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, Accounting for carbon

    February 2015 (Magazine)

    To avoid putting garbage into the atmosphere, companies need to stop putting garbage into their accounts and investors need to stop putting garbage into their risk models. Elisabeth Jeffries finds a complex web of carbon disclosure protocols making that a big challenge

  • Special Report

    Near the cliff edge

    May 2014 (Magazine)

    Elisabeth Jeffries asks whether investors will be discouraged by an end to specific renewables targets for EU member states 

  • Special Report

    Environmental Risk: The Changing Climate: Sins of emission

    February 2013 (Magazine)

    The bottom has fallen out of it for now, but Elisabeth Jeffries finds the EU Emissions Trading Scheme becoming the model for others around the world

  • Special Report

    CO2 on file

    January 2012 (Magazine)

    Corporates are making patchy progress on the disclosure of their carbon emissions, writes Elisabeth Jeffries. Mandatory disclosure would be a struggle for many