July 2, 2021
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) shareholders have defeated a proposal to better align the business with global climate change targets, but the 23% …
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June 25, 2021
Leading global tech groups are resisting plans to include ESG disclosures in financial statements to US regulators.
Tech giants including Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook have written to the …
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June 25, 2021
Japan’s financial watchdog, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), should introduce a new code of conduct for ESG data providers and build a platform to monitor ESG-related bonds, according to an …
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June 25, 2021
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has attracted record support for its 2021 campaign for corporate environmental reporting.
The non-profit group said this week that 168 investors and financial institutions …
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June 25, 2021
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published plans to extend climate-related disclosures to all companies listed on London’s main stock market as well as to all asset managers, …
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June 18, 2021
A new report written by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and CDP ahead of the Group of 7 (G7) and the UNGC leaders summit has found that the …
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June 18, 2021
This week at the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Leaders Summit, the UNGC CFO Taskforce for the SDGs announced that a total of 58 companies are now signatories to their …
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June 18, 2021
The regulator’s short-term plans reflect its legislative ambitions since entering office
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed its Spring 2021 regulatory agenda, outlining short- and long-term regulatory actions that administrative …
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June 11, 2021
Two global nature and biodiversity reporting initiatives have received backing from governments and leading corporations.
The G7 – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US – has backed the launch of the …
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