January 28th, 2025
Shareholder engagement continues to drive and shape the corporate governance landscape as shareholders expect companies to be held accountable and address critical issues.
In 2025, the pressure on boards to …
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January 22nd, 2025
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has found that while companies have made efforts to comply with climate-related financial disclosures requirements, the quality of these disclosures varies significantly.
In a review …
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January 21st, 2025
Several finance leaders have joined as members of the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures’ (TISFD’s) Steering Committee.
Senior executives from AXA, ING, CalPERs, Schneider Electric …
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January 15th, 2025
A Texas federal judge has ruled that American Airlines violated federal law by allowing ESG factors to influence its employee retirement plan, Reuters reports.
Judge …
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January 9th, 2025
Activist investors have filed shareholder resolutions against Shell and Berkshire Hathaway ahead of both companies’ annual general meetings (AGMs) which are to be held …
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December 18th, 2024
Ceres’ latest scorecard revealed that while the 10 US financial regulators have taken hundreds of actions over the last 18 months to address the systematic financial …
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December 18th, 2024
California lawmakers have threatened the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in a letter concerning legislative oversight hearings.
California State Senators Scott Wiener and Henry Stern have warned the regulator with legislative oversight hearings …
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December 17th, 2024
Hong Kong’s Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) has published new climate reporting standards.
Both new standards, HKFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and HKFRS S2 …
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December 13, 2024
Switzerland has proposed broadening the scope of companies subject to mandatory climate reporting.
The Swiss Federal Council has launched a consultation on proposed updates to its sustainability-related disclosure rules, …
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