August 13, 2021
US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the green light to Nasdaq to introduce rules aimed at improving the diversity disclosures of listed companies.
Nasdaq first filed …
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August 6, 2021
Climate Action 100+ this week launched plans for sector-by-sector decarbonisation starting with the steel industry, which is responsible for around 9% of total global emissions.
The ‘Global Sector Strategies’ …
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August 6, 2021
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has called for new corporate governance measures to allow shareholders to hold companies to account in achieving their net-zero plans.
The …
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June 5, 2021
Minerva has published its review of shareholder voting at the UK’s top 350 companies in the first half of the year. The analysis shows that average shareholder dissent …
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July 30, 2021
The chair of the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked staff to develop …
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July 23, 2021
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hit out at “poor quality” product applications …
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Technical gaps and weaknesses risk “carbon washing” of funds, warns the Transition Pathway Initiative
July 23, 2021
UK-based asset owners have warned that the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) portfolio alignment …
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July 19, 2021
It may be “some time” before directors face charges for failings on climate risks despite the introduction of new reporting rules in this area, a leading expert has said.
Luh Luh Lan, associate professor at the …
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July 9, 2021
This week, Minerva CEO Sarah Wilson spoke to Mallowstreet editor Sandra Wolf for a feature on the growing reporting burden facing UK pension schemes. Sarah discusses the challenges schemes face and …
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