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Barrie's Blog
Sustainability insights by Barrie.
Explore ESG disclosures, corporate sustainability, CSRD, and non-financial reporting. Discover industry sustainability leaders and laggards.
Do you prefer your beer to be transparent? 🍺
We've been reading through the sustainability reports of the world's leading beer companies and it got us thinking. Who is leading the...
Barrie Wilkinson
Sep 21, 20245 min read
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Financed Emissions and the tale of two aerospace giants
Financial companies play a crucial role in financing the world's economic activities and are also expected to play a major role in...
Barrie Wilkinson
May 24, 20246 min read
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Consumer Electronics - a big Apple with small emissions
The consumer electronics industry manufactures and sells the electronic products (phones, laptops, TVs) that we each use in our everyday...
Barrie Wilkinson
May 16, 20244 min read
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Chemical company emissions disclosures . . . but what happened to Category 10?
Today we are going to take a look at the GHG emissions disclosure data we have collected for a sample of 16 companies from the Chemicals...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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Something in the air!
I grew up in a town called Speke in Liverpool, where Paul McCartney lived as a child and which is now the home to John Lennon airport....
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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Power Struggle
Central to decarbonization plans of both consumers and heavy industry is an increased reliance on access to clean electricity. In today's...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 22, 20246 min read
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Green Jobs
Steel production currently accounts for 6-8% of global emissions and demand for steel is forecast to grow as the developing world...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 22, 20243 min read
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Barrie's Carbon Footprint
I'm generally going to be focusing on what big companies can do to help manage down global emissions, but if we flip the discussion...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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Land Use and Abuse
Today I'm going to be digging into all things related to agriculture and land use and the impact this is having on both climate change...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 16, 20244 min read
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Long Haul
The aviation sector is considered one of the "hard-to-abate" sectors, meaning that there are going to be some major challenges ahead in...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 16, 20244 min read
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Batteries Included
Today we'll be looking at the transition plans of the automotive sector as car and truck manufacturers set out on the road towards...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 16, 20243 min read
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The Future of Fossil Fuels
In today's post I talk to David Knipe who used to work in BP's Oil and Gas business and is now part of Oliver Wyman's Energy team and...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 16, 20244 min read
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EU Carbon Border Tax
In July 2021, the EU revealed its intention to implement a new tax on emissions for goods imported into the EU from outside. The Carbon...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 16, 20244 min read
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Climate-induced Migration
The idea that those that contributed least to climate change are likely to suffer the most at the hands of climate change is widely...
Barrie Wilkinson
Apr 16, 20243 min read
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