Vanguard engagement stewardship
  • Quality of Sustainability Reporting Slammed

  • Uncertainty about ESG Risks

  • Exclusion remains dominant theme in Europe

The sustainable and responsible investment sector continues to grow and evolve across Europe according to the latest survey by Eurosif while a survey by RBC …

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Climate change targets and a commitment to support the United Nations-led Paris Agreement have been agreed by US companies and investors at a press conference at the UN’s  COP 22 Climate Change meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco. Signatories want to send …

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Cybersecurity Concept

New Minerva research shows board cyber-security risk gaps

As global economies become more digitally dependent, the continuing rise of cyber-security threats and actual breaches raises serious questions for shareholders. If technology fails, it is no understatement to say that the …

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Cyber-security got a major boost from the UK government,  just as Tesco Bank – a subsidiary of supermarket giant Tesco plc ($TESO)  – became the latest public company to suffer millions of pounds of losses and dented customer confidence following …

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SBTi

A coalition of sustainability and investment groups including Share Action and led by the think tank E3G have published a Sustainable Finance Plan for the European Union. The group argues that arguing that to more investment in the EU could …

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Tax

Company tax disclosure has improved in the UK according to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). In a new review of 33 companies’ reports and accounts the FRC found evidence of improvements in the transparency of disclosures included in strategic reports …

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The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), The United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and The Generation Foundation, have published US and UK roadmaps, which set out recommendations to fully embed the consideration of environmental, …

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CDP, the environmental NGO is calling on investors and firms to adapt quickly to a low carbon future. In a new report  Out of the Starting Blocks,  CDP in partnership with We Mean Business, presents its first annual …

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Nevsun Resources, (TSX: NSU / NYSE MKT: NSU) will face charges of forced labour in the Canadian courts, even though the allegations of  slavery by its Bisha Mining Share Company subsidiary occurred in Eritrea. However, the three Eritrean men …

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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand is consulting on a draft corporate governance (CG) code, which will replace the country’s principles of good corporate governance 2012, and a new investment governance code. The deadline for responses to …

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