The Sustainability Reporting Standard was set out by The ESG Social Housing Working Group to help establish a framework for Housing Associations to report on ESG.
Recent posts by Gabriella Mangham
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What is Orbit's ESG Strategy and How Convene ESG Has Helped Them?
Orbit Group have published their inaugural ESG report and utilised Convene ESG to do so. We invited them to talk at the CIH Housing 2022 Conference about their efforts. Here’s what we learnt about Orbit’s ESG strategy and how Convene ESG helped them produce the best report possible!
Topics: ESG SRS for Social Housing
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Spring 2022 Update To The SRS: What Has Changed?
The Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing was updated on the 25th May 2022 to version 1.2. This exciting change brought forward some clarifications and minor edits to the original SRS published in November 2020. But what exactly are these updates, and how will they affect your SRS Report?
Topics: ESG SRS for Social Housing
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How Can Universities Benefit From Hybrid Working?
The pandemic meant all non-essential sectors, such as universities, had to dramatically shift to remote working, which came with challenges but also benefits. Many have discovered that they are more productive working from home, they are also more well rested and especially in the warmer months, working from home is actually better for the environment! Now, having overcome the initial issues with remote working, we are all looking for a way to incorporate the good into our post-lockdown normal. This is easily possible with hybrid working.
Topics: University
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Simple Explanation: What is AES-256 Bit Encryption?
Convene uses AES-256 Bit Encryption, which is the best security available on the market, but you may not know what this means exactly. We’ve written a very simplified, helpful guide to explain what it is and why you should value it.
Topics: Security
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Why Are You Not Getting Reliable Information For Governing Decisions?
The governing decisions of a university have widespread ramifications that impact not only the lives of your staff and teachers, but also your students, and even their families or future employers. That is a lot of weight on your shoulders, but many university boards and committees find that when any information reaches them it is already outdated. This means you have to make decisions based on facts that are a few days old, which can be ineffective. Change happens quickly, and seeing the most reliable documentation ensures that you can select the right course of action.
Topics: Convene in Teams University
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Taxonomy of Meetings: What are the Different Types of Meetings?
Here at Convene, we are meeting experts, so we decided to set out a helpful guide to cover the essential meeting questions:
Topics: Governance Convene in Teams
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What Is A Document Conference?
What Is Document Conferencing?
Document conferencing is when a group holds a meeting to review a document or certain documents. This historically was done in-person with a physical document or board pack and each page was read, discussed, approved and signed by every individual present. Now, in the era of hybrid and remote working, this can be a lot more difficult.
Topics: Board Portal Features Remote Working Convene in Teams
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Why Is ESG Important For The Social Housing Sector?
There has been a growing trend placing increasing importance on ESG across all sectors. However, ESG has always been important for the Social Housing secret, particularly when it comes to the S in ESG.
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The Importance of the SRS for The Housing Sector
What Is The SRS?
The Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing was published in November 2020 as a voluntary reporting framework for ESG concerns. This details 48 ESG issues that the Housing Association sector should take into consideration; from stakeholder engagement to zero net carbon targets.
Topics: Sustainability SRS for Social Housing
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Does Your ESG Plan Work?
There is no time like the present to focus on ESG, with the Energy Crisis and Global Warming reaching a boiling point, the recommendations from last year's IPCC Report need to be implemented.
Topics: Sustainability ESG
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How To Have Good Governance Over The Easter Period
The Easter Bank Holidays are a well deserved time to rest and reset, but you may still find yourself contending with a lot of stress in the build-up and aftermath of 4 days off work! You may also find your team will take more time off around these dates.
Topics: Seasonal Business Insights
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What Is A Board Evaluation?
A Board Evaluation is a method for scrutinising the actions and efficacy of the Board. This helps improve transparency, effectiveness, and accountability of Board Members. It can also highlight areas or practises that need improvement. All of this improves Board governance and ensures that there are no surprise scandals.
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How Can You Simplify Board And Executive Committee Communications?
To effectively run any organisation there needs to be good communication. This can be between colleagues, but also between the highest branches of the company.
Perhaps most importantly, there needs to be good relations and, in turn, open communication between the Executive Committee and Board of Directors. The Executives should act on behalf of the full Board and they can only do this if they truly understand the long-term vision for the company.
