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Netherlands to overhaul corporate governance code


8 April, 2022

The Netherlands is currently consulting on changes to its corporate governance code, including plans to better integrate ESG factors.

The country’s Corporate Governance Code Monitoring Committee is seeking input on updates …

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Human Rights, United Nations

Expert Group to pursue net-zero pledges launched amid worsening climate crisis


April 08, 2022

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has launched an ‘Expert Group’ to ensure businesses, investors and other non-state entities keep up the pace and fulfil their net-zero emissions …

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CFA Institute

Major firms sign up to CFA diversity code


March 25, 2022

A total of 16 US and Canadian firms have adopted the CFA Institute’s DEI Code just a month after its launch

A host of investment firms in the US …

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biodiversity

TNFD launches risk management and disclosure framework prototype

The beta version will aid the framework’s development before its official release.

TNFD, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, has launched a beta version of its nature-related risk-management and disclosure framework

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Russian investment

Pension funds exiting Russian investments


March 11, 2022

Pension funds and asset owners around the world are taking steps to reduce or divest their holdings in Russian securities.

In the US, the Washington State Investment Board, Missouri’s Public School and …

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SMEs

Governance body flags issues with EC SME listing rules


February 25, 2022

The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) has raised concerns about the European Commission’s (EC) plan to improve access to financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The commission …

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PLSA, Pension

Climate and diversity top 2022 UK pension agenda


February 25, 2022

UK pension funds will focus on climate change issues and corporate compliance with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in the 2022 proxy voting season.

The Pensions …

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net zero

TPI sets out net-zero pathways for highest emitting sectors


February 18, 2022

The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has created a framework for assessing corporate decarbonisation progress across the 10 highest emitting economic sectors.

The asset owner-led organisation’s report translates International …

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Norway’s oil fund needs to “catch up” with ethical norms

ShareAction: Banks financing oil & gas production despite net-zero pledges


February 18, 2022

European banks are continuing to finance the expansion of oil & gas production despite making net-zero commitments, according to sustainability campaign group ShareAction.

Its data shows that …

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Asset managers are avoiding ESG shareholder resolutions

Pooled fund split voting gains further support


January 28, 2022

As more pension schemes have embraced low cost index investment in recent years, many pension scheme trustees have been calling for asset managers to find a way of ensuring their …

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