Biodiversity, EU Taxonomy

TNFD launches nature data catalyst


July 21, 2022

Will have focus on “high-quality” data on nature-related risks and opportunities to overcome data challenges

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has launched a nature-related Data Catalyst to address data challenges and …

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AIM

The London Stock Exchange has confirmed that it has strengthened the corporate governance requirements for AIM companies from the 28th September this year with new entrants to the market having to comply with the rule from the end of March …

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BlackRock is among the companies targeted for its lobbying payments

A coalition of at least 74 investors has filed resolutions at 50 US companies asking for more disclosure of payments for lobbying, including to trade associations. The resolutions have been coordinated by Walden Asset Management and American Federation of State, County

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audit market

Support services company, Carillion, which has been suffering from financial difficulties in recent months, announced that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has notified the company that has commenced an investigation. This is in connection with the timeliness and content

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FTSE 50 tax strategy

Most  UK FTSE 50 companies have yet to fully embrace new government regulation that requires large businesses to publish an annual UK tax strategy, according to a recent report by the Fair Tax Mark and the Local Authority Pension …

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Panellists agreed it was time to reset the governance debate highlighting the need for companies to improve their reporting and “be brave” in their disclosures to investors and other stakeholders at the Manifest seminar held this week.

The event was …

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FRC climate "major review"

UK corporate reporting could still be improved through the disclosure of specific company rather than generic information according to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

In its annual review of corporate reporting, the FRC said disclosures by large listed UK …

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Kobe Steel

Japanese company Kobe Steel this week said it had received a request from US judicial administrative authorities for documents following its admission earlier this month that the company had been falsifying data about its metal products for several years and

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European Commision trucks cartel

Truck manufacturer Scania, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, was the final truck manufacturer to be fined recently for being part of a cartel with five other firms by the European Commission. The other truck-makers settled with the Commission last year.

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MPs

The quality and quantity of dividend policy and practice disclosures have improved in the UK, according to a study conducted by the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab.

The study examined how companies had responded to the Lab’s earlier …

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