A group of institutional investors with over £100 billion assets under management, coordinated by responsible investment pressure group, ShareAction, has requested that Marks & Spencer accredits as a Living Wage employer because they believe there will be significant benefits for
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The EU’s High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, established by the European Commission, has published its interim report and made early recommendations to move Europe towards a low carbon, more resource-efficient and sustainable economy.
The Commission said that …
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The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of US institutional investors that engage companies on the environmental and social impacts of their operations, has urged US Senators not to pass the Financial CHOICE Act.
The ICCR sent …
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Corporate governance in Kenya is improving due to enhanced corporate disclosure and improved regulation according to this year’s corporate governance index from Cyton Investments.
Cyton noted that its first index, and accompanying corporate governance analysis, published last year had …
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The European Commission has adopted guidelines on the disclosure of environmental and social information. The Commission said they will help companies to disclose relevant non-financial information in a consistent and more comparable manner.
These guidelines have been published as companies …
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Global trade unions have called on the Accord in Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh to be extended to include boiler safety after the recent explosion (3rd July) at the Multifabs garment factory in the capital Dhaka that killed at …
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A coalition of 79 institutional investors from 10 countries, with nearly $8 trillion assets under management, coordinated by the responsible investment group, ShareAction, have backed a demand that companies disclose more information on how they manage their global workforces.
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Twenty-five years of corporate governance reforms in the UK have tended to create a compliance culture on company boards with non-executive directors more focused on risk mitigation and monitoring than supporting management to boost their businesses according to a report …
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) welcomed the publication this week of the final report by the industry-led Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) which included recommendations for effective disclosure of climate-related financial risks. Over 100 company bosses with a …
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