climate risks

More firms have included low-carbon goals in their long-term future business plans according to a global survey from CDP tracking how companies are responding to climate change. This was CDP’s second annual report monitoring the response of business to the …

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FRC climate "major review"

UK corporate reporting could still be improved through the disclosure of specific company rather than generic information according to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

In its annual review of corporate reporting, the FRC said disclosures by large listed UK …

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US CEO

The qualified pool of chief executive (CEO) talent to run the largest publicly traded companies in the US is incredibly small, according to the directors who sit on the boards of these companies according to recent research by Stanford Graduate …

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Kobe Steel

Japanese company Kobe Steel this week said it had received a request from US judicial administrative authorities for documents following its admission earlier this month that the company had been falsifying data about its metal products for several years and

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European Commision trucks cartel

Truck manufacturer Scania, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, was the final truck manufacturer to be fined recently for being part of a cartel with five other firms by the European Commission. The other truck-makers settled with the Commission last year.

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Rio Tinto
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has been fined £27m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for breaching UK disclosure rules while the US Securities & Exchange Commission has charged the company and former executives with fraud in relation to the
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sustainability climate change

Companies have a crucial role in meeting the main target set in the Paris climate change agreement to limit the temperature increase from global warming to 1.5°C, according to a recent report from the Carbon Trust.

The report is …

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Sky

Independent investors in media group Sky voted heavily against the remuneration report with just 36% of shareholders giving it their backing at the AGM this week (12th October). Chairman James Murdoch received a narrow vote in support of his re-election …

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Parker review

The Parker review committee, led by Sir John Parker, has published its final report re-emphasising the conclusions made last year that business leaders need to improve the ethnic and cultural diversity of UK boards to better reflect their employee …

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Diageo Good Governance Report

Drinks company Diageo has topped the latest rankings for good corporate governance from the Institute of Directors (IoD) in its third annual review of the UK’s top 100 companies.

The 2017 Good Governance Report was compiled for the IoD by …

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