The UK Government is set to make the UK the “world’s first Net Zero-aligned Financial Centre”. To achieve this, climate transition plan disclosures are becoming mandatory for listed companies and financial institutions by 2023....

In our fourteenth ‘Luminous Spotlight’ podcast, Rachel Madan talks with Anna Krotova, Director of Sustainability at Mambu, about committing to sustainability during a period of hypergrowth.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a statement finalising the changes to diversity-related disclosures for...

Sarah joins us from our Investor Engagement & ESG Disclosure team, where for nearly two years she has been the lead consultant on...

A new report, the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022, has generated plenty of discussion and attention since its...

Governance is the foundation upon which the environmental and social components of ESG are built. There is substantial evidence...

In our thirteenth 'Luminous Spotlight Podcast', Rachel Madan talks with Marcene Mitchell, Senior Vice President, Climate Change,...

Once a company has identified its material ESG issues and formulated a strategy to address them, it has to consider how to...

The UK Treasury has proposed that financial institutions and companies with shares listed on the London Stock Exchange must...

In our twelfth ‘Luminous Spotlight’ podcast, Rachel Madan talks with Neil Menzies, Director of Sustainability at Hibernia REIT,...

Sustainability is a topic in which consumers and businesses are increasingly interested. As more people start making purchasing...

We were delighted to win three awards at the inaugural Strategic Comms Awards, which recognise excellence in corporate...

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) launches the Corporate Net-Zero Standard, the world’s first framework for corporate...

In our eleventh 'Luminous Spotlight' podcast, Rachel Madan talks with George Harrington, Manager of Corporate and Stakeholder...

Net Zero. Offsetting. Decarbonisation. Carbon Neutral. Climate Positive. It’s a veritable thesaurus of terms that aim to describe...

Our growing Sustainability & Impact offer goes far beyond reporting – helping companies to make the right decisions, through...

In our latest White Paper we share the highlights and key findings from our research on Double Materiality. To download the...

In our ninth ‘Luminous Spotlight’ podcast, Rachel Madan talks with Sarah Webster, Director of Sustainable Business at Britvic, on...

In our eighth ‘Luminous Spotlight’ podcast, Rachel Madan talks with Andrew Day, Sustainability Director at Telford Homes, a...

Our latest issue of ‘Reporting Matters’ reveals the findings of our research on ESG integration and disclosure in the FTSE 100. 

Rachel Madan and Stephen Butler discuss what the new standard of double materiality means for companies that are taking their...

In our latest 'Luminous Spotlight' podcast, Rachel Madan talks with Richard Eadie at Severn Trent on how the FTSE 100 company...

International Women’s Day 2021 is all about #ChoosetoChallenge, focusing on the idea that a challenged world is an alert world,...

For our latest 'Luminous Spotlight' podcast and briefing guide, we interview Simon Weaver, Co-Head of Climate Risk and...

What are the two things you should do to authentically communicate your approach – regardless of your starting point?  

For well over 100 years, International Women’s Day has been a global call to action for accelerating women’s equality. Over the...

December 2020 marked the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement – the world’s commitment to limit global warming below 2°C –...

Although brand purpose might seem like a relatively recent trend, it’s been on the agenda for many years. In the 1960s David W...

We are delighted to announce that Rachel Madan is joining the Luminous leadership team to develop our growing Sustainability &...

On 15 December 2020, The Economist held its latest webinar as part of its Sustainability Week Insight Hour series. Titled ‘ESG...

  On 9 November the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced at the Green Horizon Summit that the UK will become the...

On 23 July we hosted a webinar on ‘Seizing the sustainability opportunity in the next normal’. The session explored why now, more...

Following the excellent response to the first of our #LifeAfterLockdown webinars, we are delighted to launch the next two events...

Our current operating model for big business is unsustainable. It simply has to change, and the time is now. There is a...

Our #LifeAfterLockdown webinar series will look beyond the current crisis management to the future, bringing together industry...

2010. The world was still suffering from the 2008 financial crisis, another crisis – namely, the European debt crisis - dominated...

Luminous was delighted to recently host the fourth event in our #illumination series: ‘The UN SDGs and business – insufficient...

We are delighted to launch our next #illumination event taking place on 28 November. Please find event details and the...

Luminous was delighted to sponsor the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) conference, ‘Inspiring global alignment...

Luminous were pleased recently to host the second in its 2019 series of #illumination events. The well-attended breakfast...

Launched in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the UN’s ‘universal call to action to end poverty, protect the...

We live in uncertain times. 

In 2018, ethical and sustainable investing assets topped $31tn, up by more than 30% since 2016. And according to State Street...

Luminous recently facilitated a workshop at the International Integrated Reporting Council’s (IIRC) global conference on the role...