CSR Asia has announced the launch of a major new initiative to help improve Asian reporting standards. The Asian Sustainability Rating provides an in depth assessment of CSR related disclosure of 200 of the largest companies across ten countries in …
Read MoreA coalition of international investors representing $2.1 trillion in assets is upping its scrutiny of ‘laggard’ listed companies with a view to improving their reporting of ESG issues.
The 86 companies have been targetted for their failure to honour the …
Read MoreFebruary’s Guest Article is by Louise Rouse, FairPensions’ Director of Investor Engagement and looks at their recent initiative to engage with leading oil producers about their oil sands projects
The 2010 AGM season could herald both a new era of …
The UK Government has asked the Financial Reporting Council to consider including a new principle in its code of conduct (UK Corporate Governance Code) to require companies to report on what they’re doing to increase the number of women in …
Read MoreA private Member’s Bill was submitted to the Canadian Parliament this week by Robert Oliphant, MP, calling for amendments to the Pensions Benefits Standards Act, 1985, requiring public and private pension plans to disclose considerations given to environmental, social or …
Read MoreInvestors engaging with North American companies on climate change financial risks achieved major breakthroughs in the 2009 proxy season according to a recent report by environmental think-tank, CERES.
A record 68 climate-related shareholder resolutions were filed by investors this year. …
Read MoreEarlier this year the United Nations announced it was going to get tough on compliance with its Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative. It has now announced that five financial institutions have been delisted as signatories from the Principles for not …
Read MoreUK companies risk falling foul of anti-bribery and corruption rules, according to a new report by KPMG Forensic.
Two thirds of companies believe that there are countries in the world where it is not possible to do business without being …
Read MoreIn the run up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, SRI research specialists, EIRIS have published a new report focussing on 300 of the world’s largest companies to examine the progress they have made over the last
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Australia’s Business Day has reported that The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (‘ASIC’) wants seven former non-executive directors and three former executives at James Hardie banned from company directorships for at least five years each and fined a total of …
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