Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of GlaxoSmithKline has been appointed to increase the number of women executives – and to ensure some are appointed to board level – within FTSE 350 companies. Dame Helen Alexander, Chair of UBM, was appointed deputy …
Read MoreMost companies in the UK’s FTSE350 have met the requirements of the recent changes to the Companies Act to report more fully on environmental matters and to report on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions within their annual reports and accounts, according …
Read MoreThe chairman and chief executive of investment giant, BlackRock, Larry Fink has written to the chief executives of major companies in the US and Europe encouraging them to think long-term and to provide their shareholders with more forward-looking plans. Fink …
Read MoreThe UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on investors to help achieve a doubling in global clean energy investments by 2020 at a meeting in New York last week. Although investments rose to a record high last year of $329 billion …
Read MoreThe European Commission is consulting on on how institutional investors, asset managers and other service providers in the investment chain factor in sustainability (ESG) information and performance of companies or assets into investment decisions. The consultation will also gather information …
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While it is not yet clear if business as a whole has made a firm commitment to sustainable and environmentally friendly growth 2015 was the year that the investment community made critical commitments to finance sustainable growth, according to Dr …
Read MoreWhile US directors say that reputational risk is one of their greatest concerns board members are taking little action to manage risks once they have been identified, according to the sixth Concerns About Risks Confronting Boards survey conducted by US …
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