The impact of climate change risks on company profits and assets is now so high that it should be included in their financial reports, according to a group of investors.
The investors, …
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Five leading global reporting standard-setters have agreed to work together to develop a comprehensive sustainability reporting regime for companies.
The breakthrough was announced on 11 September in a joint statement from the CDP, the …
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The US Department of Labor (DoL) has thrown a new curveball into its approach to governing shareholder rights, questioning the need for asset owners to have their voices heard by companies at all.
Following …
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Institutional investors from around the world have urged the US Department of Labor to pull back on its proposed Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments Regulation and give them more time to feedback.…
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Dalriada Trustees, one of the UK’s largest independent trustee firms, has selected Minerva Analytics to carry out vital duties for its pension fund clients related to the newly introduced implementation statement.
Dalriada, …
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The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has published guidance to help pension trustees navigate new regulatory requirements around the public disclosure of their responsible investment activity.
The association’s Implementation Statement Guidance…
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An action group focused on furthering progress of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the UK has become part of the UN Global Compact Network (GCN).
UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development (UKSSD), which is to join …
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SEC commissioner Elad Roisman, one of the four leading officials at the US regulator, has called for ESG labelling from fund groups to be made clearer.
However, at the same time Roisman is wary about more “prescriptive” ESG disclosure requirements being introduced for …
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The European Commission has officially mandated the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) to provide recommendations for updating non-financial reporting standards.
In an open letter, European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis issued a request for technical advice to EFRAG …
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