Equifax, the credit rating agency, has announced that 2.5 million additional US consumers were potentially impacted by a data breach first publicly reported last month bringing the total to 145.5 million people.
The Equifax data breach led to a …
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The quality and quantity of dividend policy and practice disclosures have improved in the UK, according to a study conducted by the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab.
The study examined how companies had responded to the Lab’s earlier …
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25th September 2017 marked a global day of action in the support of the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals (UN SDGs), on the second anniversary of their inception, and came as two reports emphasised the role business and investors can …
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The People’s Trust, an investment trust due to be launched on the London Stock Exchange and Social Stock Exchange next month, has announced the first six members of its independent shareholders’ committee and its chair, Catherine Howarth, chief executive …
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Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) topped the sustainability reporting rankings from Carbon Clear that this year covered companies from the major French index, the CAC 40, as well as the Spanish index, the IBEX 35, and the FTSE 100.
The …
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The Association of Member-Nominated Trustees (AMNT) and the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) have achieved a commitment by 12 leading investment consultants that they will make clients aware of the guidance from The Pensions Regulator that pension funds …
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With UK annual reports continuing to steadily increase in length and demands for more disclosures the challenge remains for their preparers to keep reports clear and concise, according to Ernst & Young’s (EY’s) fourth annual review of FTSE 350 annual …
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Financial exchange group Deutsche Börse has introduced a cap on the total remuneration of its executive board members. The company said the decision to introduce the cap was taking at its supervisory board meeting this week and was part of
Fund manager Aviva, in partnership with Index Initiative, the United Nations Foundation and the Business and Sustainable Development Commission, has launched the consultation phase of the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). This global multi-stakeholder initiative aims to develop and …
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