A range of investors and other financial market participants have poured cold water on the EU’s proposals to establish a standard classification system for sustainable investments.
The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG), which operates …
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The impact of climate change risks on company profits and assets is now so high that it should be included in their financial reports, according to a group of investors.
The investors, …
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Organisations and people are more likely to commit to a higher standard of corporate governance if their purpose is written down, according to research by Washington University in St Louis.
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Five leading global reporting standard-setters have agreed to work together to develop a comprehensive sustainability reporting regime for companies.
The breakthrough was announced on 11 September in a joint statement from the CDP, the …
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A group of investors is calling on the SEC to reopen the comment period on amendments to shareholder proxy rules after new data was submitted by its Division of Economic …
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New legislation and heavier enforcement actions could be on their way for EU companies following fresh concerns they are neglecting long-term value creation for shareholders.
Entitled, ‘Study on directors’ duties and sustainable …
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UK-listed companies hit by Covid-19 are being given an additional lifeline as the Pre-Emption Group (PEG) extends the easing of its issuance guidelines, allowing more share capital to be raised from shareholders.
The …
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The US Department of Labor (DoL) has thrown a new curveball into its approach to governing shareholder rights, questioning the need for asset owners to have their voices heard by companies at all.
Following …
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A group of senior Chinese regulatory officials and financial experts is calling on their home nation to co-operate with the US to avoid further escalations of the ongoing trade war.
The China Finance 40 …
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Advisers to the Bayer-Monsanto takeover have been dragged into a lawsuit against the pharmaceuticals company that was originally filed in March.
Plaintiff Rebecca Haussmann, trustee of the Konstantin S. Haussmann Trust, filed …
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