August 7th, 2023
Just a small minority of large US companies are able to share their total worldwide tax contributions, as pressure from stakeholders and regulators over ESG disclosure grows, a …
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Republican-led FSC proposes ESG crackdown legislation
1st August, 2023
The Republican-led US congressional Financial Services Committee (FSC) has proposed a series of bills that are designed to limit the impact of ESG initiatives.
The committee, chaired by Republican Patrick …
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August 1, 2023
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has filed a lawsuit against Vanguard’s Australian entity for not applying appropriate ESG filters on some of its supposedly ethical funds.
The …
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July 18, 2023
The US congressional Financial Services Committee has begun investigating the rules that govern proxy voting, the processes through which activists apply pressure to public companies to adopt ESG goals.…
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Kenyan workers’ case to be heard in Scotland
July 14th, 2023
A Scottish court has ruled that it will allow a case brought by Kenyan farm workers against a major global tea firm to be heard in Scotland.
Up …
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April 28, 2023
Cigarette maker British American Tobacco (BAT) has paid penalties totalling more than $629 million (£503.5 million) to US authorities to settle charges related to breaches of sanctions against North …
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March 17, 2023
With 2022 being another record year for shareholder proposals on racial justice audits, 2023 looks set to continue the trend.
Analysts agree that the human and economic cost of …
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February 22, 2023
More investors sell their shares in Adani Group as the firm continues to use green money to finance one of the world’s largest coal mines.
On February 10, …
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November 18, 2022
The European Union has told world leaders at the COP27 summit it plans to update its already ambitious emissions-cutting target over the coming year.
The 27-country bloc’s upgraded mission statement …
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