Author Archives: Sarah Wilson
HMT Sustainable Stewardship

UK gives sustainable stewardship green light


October 22, 2021

The UK government this week (18-22 October 2021) sent the strongest signals yet that stewardship and informed voting plays a central role in the investment process. On Monday, HM Treasury laid …

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Taskforce aims to strengthen stewardship in UK

A government taskforce led by HM Treasury has outlined a series of far-reaching recommendations designed to put stewardship at the heart of the UK’s commitment to ‘build back better’ post-coronavirus.

Twenty proposals across three themes are designed to help investment …

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UK government urges finance firms to make net-zero pledge

As the COVID19 lock-down continues, the UK’s Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy has announced its intention to publish new regulations enabling companies to hold alternative AGMs for 2020.

Speaking on Saturday, 28 March 2020, Secretary of State Alok …

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TCFD Climate Disclosures

UK Listing Rules push for TCFD compliance

ESG data quality will get a much-needed boost after the UK’s securities regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published proposals for improved climate-related disclosures for UK listed companies. If adopted, all premium-listed commercial …

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Shareholders pay the price for corruption

Stop Corruption

Minerva marks International Anti-Corruption Day
with new research and voting guidelines

News of Glencore’s 7% share price slump after the UK’s Serious Fraud Office confirmed investigations into “suspected bribery” across the Group’s operations was a …

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IFRS: Climate-related disclosures

Guest post by Paul Lee

November’s newsletter from the global accounting regulator, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is big news, and is a big step towards accounting that is consistent with the Paris Agreement.

The paper …

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Sustainability

The Financial Stability Board’s recommendations on climate-related governance have moved a step closer to becoming statutory guidance after the Pensions Regulator, TPR, announced the formation of an industry working group to create best practice guidance for pension funds.

The Pensions

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Exec Pay – The Invisible Drag on Innovation

CEO remuneration packages actively discourage innovation in UK’s top companies, new Nesta analysis finds

The way most big businesses reward their Chief Executives and other senior staff is inhibiting innovation and research …

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Pension fund readiness for new climate rules under question

The UK’s pension watchdog, The Pensions Regulator, has uncovered a disturbing lack of readiness for the DWP’s upcoming ESG regulations. In a survey of the 100 largest schemes, 80% were …

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Canada issues climate disclosure guidance

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has become the latest securities regulator to step forward with guidance for quoted companies on climate change risk disclosures.

CSA Staff Notice 51-358 Reporting of Climate Change-related Risks is intended …

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