UBS faces questions over ties to Uighur-linked firm

UBS faces questions over ties to Uighur-linked firm 

Surveillance company linked with persecution of the Muslim minority group in China

Swiss bank UBS’s business relationship with Hikvision, a surveillance company linked with the persecution of Uighurs in China, has come

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Guy Jubb: AGMs have lost their sense of purpose

Guy Jubb: AGMs have lost their sense of purpose 

Ex-Standard Life Investments governance head argues meetings should be complemented by continual dialogue

Guy Jubb, former head of governance at asset management giant Standard Life Investments, claims AGMs have lost their

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SEC forms climate and ESG taskforce

SEC forms climate and ESG taskforce 

Headed by Kelly Gibson, team will analyse firms’ data submissions around ESG

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formed a new taskforce to focus on climate change and ESG-related misconduct.

The 22-strong team …

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StanChart boss pay slashed 29%

StanChart boss pay slashed 29%

CEO Bill Winters’ pay packet has been reduced to £3.8m

The CEO of Standard Chartered has seen his pay packet slashed by 29% with the bank reporting heavy profit falls due to the fallout from

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Norwegian SWF gets active in activism

Norwegian SWF gets active in activism

The fund voted in 98% of shareholder meetings for portfolio companies

Norges Bank Investment Management, responsible for portfolio allocation of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, met with nearly 3,000 companies last year as

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Carbon emissions, net-zero

SEC reviewing decade-old climate disclosure rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing its climate-related disclosure rules for companies, which have not been updated since 2010.

In a statement, …

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FTSE companies finally hit 33% target for women on boards

FTSE companies finally hit 33% target for women on boards

Mission accomplished, but more needs to be done

More than one-third of board positions at FTSE 350 companies are now held by women, according to the final Hampton-Alexander Review report,

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Toshiba finds no evidence of pressuring Harvard over AGM vote

Toshiba finds no evidence of pressuring Harvard over AGM vote

Largest shareholder Effissimo wants independent probe

Toshiba has found no evidence it was involved in trying to influence the Harvard University endowment fund over voting at its AGM, following an

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UN’s report aims to help countries meet SDGs

UN’s report aims to help countries meet SDGs

Final FACTI report published on February 25th

A new United Nations report that aims to contribute towards efforts to reach its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 has been published.

The UN’s

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Gender pay gap reporting petition gathers pace

Gender pay gap reporting petition gathers pace

Petition calls for reinstatement of mandatory reporting in April

Decades of work on closing the gender pay gap could be at stake if mandatory reporting is shelved, according to a petition calling on

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