RailPen would very much like to know what their fund managers are doing to address this key sustainability issue. And to help them with their review, they have worked with HSBC and Linklaters to develop a 77 question Risk Audit …
Read MoreTomorrow’s Company, the UK-based ‘think and do’ tank on successful, sustainable business yesterday launched their latest study “Tomorrow’s Corporate Governance: Bridging the UK Engagement Gap Through Swedish-style Nomination Committees”, at the opening of the ICGN mid-year conference at the Guildhall …
Read MoreThis month’s guest article is by Professor Jill Solomon, Department of Management, King’s College London
There is global scientific consensus that climate change is progressing far more rapidly and with far greater severity than previously anticipated. Climate change is a …
Read MoreThe UK’s High Court has granted an injunction prohibiting the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) from taking any further steps in its plea bargain settlement with BAE Systems.
SFO has been investigating alleged bribery and corruption in BAE’s …
Read MoreThis month’s guest article has been written by Catherine Howarth, CEO of FairPensions.
Corporate governance reform isn’t perhaps the most glamorous area of public policy for your ordinary man or woman on the street. Indeed it’s easy to forget how …
Read MoreLabour rights campaigners have accused leading British retailers of trapping their overseas garment workers in poverty. In a report published by anti-poverty charity War on Want and NGO Labour Behind the Label, Asda and Matalan are accused of lacking any …
Read MoreBig Four auditor Deloitte has enhanced its presence in the green consultancy market through the acquisition of sustainability and consultancy adviser dcarbon8.
The firm will be integrated with Deloitte’s environmental and sustainability consulting practice, with founder Guy Battle becoming a …
Read MoreIn the wake of several prominent companies – including Apple Inc. Exelon Corp., Duke Energy, PG&E and PNM Resources – dropping their memberships in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or the National Association of Manufacturers over differences with these trade …
Read MoreThe International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has issued its draft international standard for social responsibility ISO 26000. The guidance in ISO 26000 draws on best practices developed by existing public and private sector social responsibility initiatives, according to ISO.
ISO …
Read MoreEuropean companies fail to link executive pay to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance according to new research published by Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum).
The report, produced in association with an investor-led steering committee including Groupama Asset Management, Henderson …
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