June 30, 2022
Includes TNFD’s approach to metrics, specific sector guidance, and additional guidance to support pilot testing.
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released the second beta version of …
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July 30, 2021
Asset owners that have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) experienced better performance and lower costs than …
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The European Commission report on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance, published earlier this year, is drawing heavy criticism from law experts.
Writing on the Oxford Business Law blog, the European Company Law …
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Organisations and people are more likely to commit to a higher standard of corporate governance if their purpose is written down, according to research by Washington University in St Louis.
The …
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After the initial push to increase board diversity over the past five years, progress appears to have slowed according to two reports published by the UK government and Cranfield School of Management.
The UK government has therefore launched a review …
Read MoreThe initial response of the top UK companies to new reporting requirements was not to curb executive pay or improve the link CEO pay and firm performance at FTSE 100 companies, but led instead to “opportunistic reporting for the sake …
Read MoreChanges may be needed to ensure audit teams have the right skills in the future and there needs to be an open and constructive debate on the future of audit findings from two international studies produced for the UK’s Financial …
Read MoreThere needs to be a structural shift in the finance industry, making it more limited in scale and more effectively directed to real economic needs, according to economist John Kay, in his latest book Other People’s Money: Masters of the …
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