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New Financial research: Asset owners take diversity more seriously

More asset owners globally are taking diversity more seriously internally within their organisations, in respect of how they, with their investment consultants, assess external fund managers and in respect of how investee companies are dealing with the issue, according to …

CDP: Pace quickens as companies globally respond to climate change

More firms have included low-carbon goals in their long-term future business plans according to a global survey from CDP tracking how companies are responding to climate change. This was CDP’s second annual report monitoring the response of business to the …

EU fines Scania for taking part in a 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.

Companies have crucial role in meeting climate change target

Companies have a crucial role in meeting the main target set in the Paris climate change agreement to limit the temperature increase from global warming to 1.5°C, according to a recent report from the Carbon Trust.

The report is …

Parker Review: Final report urges firms to improve ethnic diversity on boards

The Parker review committee, led by Sir John Parker, has published its final report re-emphasising the conclusions made last year that business leaders need to improve the ethnic and cultural diversity of UK boards to better reflect their employee …

KPMG global survey: Many firms not yet reporting on climate change risks

Many large and mid-cap companies worldwide (72%) do not acknowledge the financial risks of climate change in their annual financial reports, according to the KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2017.

Of the minority that do acknowledge climate-related risk, …

UN SDGs: Reports emphasise role for business and investors

25th September 2017 marked a global day of action in the support of the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals (UN SDGs), on the second anniversary of their inception, and came as two reports emphasised the role business and investors can …

The People’s Trust: Shareholders’ Committee announced

The People’s Trust, an investment trust due to be launched on the London Stock Exchange and Social Stock Exchange next month, has announced the first six members of its independent shareholders’ committee and its chair, Catherine Howarth, chief executive …

Carbon Clear: M&S tops sustainability reporting rankings

Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) topped the sustainability reporting rankings from Carbon Clear that this year covered companies from the major French index, the CAC 40, as well as the Spanish index, the IBEX 35, and the FTSE 100.

The …

UK advisory firms commit to informing trustees about ESG guidance

The Association of Member-Nominated Trustees (AMNT) and the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) have achieved a commitment by 12 leading investment consultants that they will make clients aware of the guidance from The Pensions Regulator that pension funds …