November 13th , 2024
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a consultation on proposed updates to the UK Stewardship Code.
Running until 29 February 2025, the consultation should follow extensive engagement with over …
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October 23, 2024
An American regulator has charged and imposed penalties totalling $7 million on four companies for making misleading disclosures linked to the 2019 SolarWinds data breach.
The Securities and …
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October 11th, 2024
As the Australian AGM season commences, this blog article by Stewardship Senior Analyst Thomas Bolger provides an in-depth analysis of recent trends in shareholder engagement.
Annual General Meetings are …
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September 19, 2024
Financial institutions have called on the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) to collaborate with International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) human capital standard-setting project, rather …
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September 12th, 2024
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has offered firms temporary flexibility to comply with the ‘naming and marketing’ rules under its Sustainable Disclosure Requirements.
The rules require that …
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Companies failing to ensure human rights
July 3rd, 2024
The majority of the world’s 2,000 most influential companies are failing to ensure human rights, decent work and ethical conduct.
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has published its Social Benchmark, …
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June 5, 2024
The EU’s three primary financial services regulators have called for improved supervision and market practice to enhance the integrity of sustainability-related claims in the financial sector.
The European …
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BCGEU spotlights human rights at Gildan Activewear AGM
May 29th, 2024
The British Columbia General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) has put forward a human rights shareholder proposal for Gildan Activewear’s AGM.
Gildan, an apparel manufacturer, owns several large activewear brands, including …
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GRI and IFRS partner on sustainability reporting interoperability
May 29th, 2024
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation have collaborated to optimise how their standards can be used together.
They announced the agreement, under …
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