Discussions around climate disclosure requirements for businesses are accelerating due to the immense environmental, social, and corporate governance pressures on companies from institutional investors and consumers encouraging regulators to provide guidelines.
MORERishi Sunak says disclosures will be mandatory within five years as part of net-zero plans
MOREThe New York State Department of Financial Services is calling on financial institutions it supervises to begin taking account of the financial risks posed by increasingly frequent and severe climate events.
MOREWhen it comes to executive compensation issues at the corporations in CalPERS' portfolio, pension fund officials have made corporate board member actions personal.
MOREHundreds of California-based corporations must have directors from racial or sexual minorities on their boards under a first-in-the-nation bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
MOREAlecta, a Swedish pension fund with about $110 billion under management, wants to take active investing to a new level to force the companies it owns to be more ethical.
MOREIn addition to launching the “Corporate Governance 3.0 – Sustainable Development Roadmap” on August 25 earlier this year, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is currently developing a roadmap for the capital market, in response to capital market developments and the three main trends of ESG, digital technologies, and an aging society.
MOREThe Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD) is calling for specific actions to fund the SDGs by aligning and renewing both public and private sector collaborative efforts. The Alliance’s report proposes 64 recommendations to harmonize and scale SDG financing and investment, with particular attention to the European Union (EU).
MORENew analysis of global reporting frameworks and requirements for corporate sustainability has found that environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure is becoming a crucial aspect of corporate transparency.
MORENorway’s oil fund is calling on the European Commission to harmonise the approach to supply chain due diligence in Europe as part of a planned renewed sustainable finance strategy.
MOREMoney managers and other financial services firms should work with portfolio companies to help improve climate-related disclosures, according to a regulator-backed guide published Monday.
MOREKaley Childs Karaffa says boards should consider embedding ESG into corporate strategy in wake of pandemic
MOREGovernance expert Aniel Mahabier discusses pay and performance at the FTSE 100, and growing investor pushback against “overboarding”
MOREProxy season began with a sharp focus on ESG, driven by large asset managers and vocal asset owners. COVID-19 further heightened attention to human capital and supply chain management. It’s against this backdrop that we took a quick look at 50 S&P 100 proxy statements filed as of mid-April to learn how boards and companies are communicating on ESG topics.
MORECompanies are being called on to prioritize the safety and welfare of workers as the pandemic underscores the hardships faced by employees.
MOREISS and Glass Lewis have issued guidance on their corporate governance voting policies that adds flexibility to reflect the realities of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges in responding to it. Public companies will want to consider this guidance since many institutional investors are influenced in their voting by the positions taken by these leading proxy advisory firms. The guidance covers the following subjects:
MOREAfter 2018 and 2019, TDCC once again held a large-scale forum ahead of the shareholder meeting season this year. The forum was conducted online for the first time due to the pandemic, and there were over 300 listed companies, including about 600 practitioners signing up for the event.
MOREAfter 2018 and 2019, TDCC once again held a large-scale forum ahead of the shareholder meeting season this year. The forum was conducted online for the first time due to the pandemic, and there were over 300 listed companies, including about 600 practitioners signing up for the event.
MOREJapan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has brought fixed income and alternative assets, such as real assets, under the umbrella of its stewardship principles for its external asset managers.
MOREThe Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to conduct a major review of how companies and auditors assess and report on the impact of climate change.
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