The week in GRC: Groups urge US companies not to abandon DE&I and independent directors resign from 23andMe board
– Reuters (paywall) reported that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) proposed that banks enhance recordkeeping requirements...
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Proposal on Nike’s sustainability targets garners support
Around a quarter of votes cast at Nike’s recent AGM backed a shareholder proposal seeking a look into the company’s ability – or...
Canadian investors say there’s still life in ESG, study finds
ESG isn’t dead, it’s just gone mainstream. That’s one of the key observations from a new semi-annual survey of Canadian...
‘Investors can still be taken by surprise’: Morningstar’s Lindsey Stewart talks ESG
‘For me, summer reading lists often start with big intentions and end with much less ambitious actions. A bit like New Year’s...
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How governance plays a role in HP’s award-winning ESG reporting
ESG reporting has in recent years become an essential component of companies’ communications to investors and – increasingly – to...
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Will a new face in the presidential election race change the prevailing mood on ESG?
It was former British prime minister Harold Wilson who coined the phrase ‘ a week is a long time in politics’. The past seven days...
‘Blah blah blah, alphabet soup’: Alison Taylor, author and NYU professor on the problems with ESG
Earlier this year, Alison Taylor, clinical professor at NYU Stern Business School, published a book titled Higher Ground: How...
The ‘teenage years’ of ESG: Experts discuss shifting perceptions at ESG Integration Forum – Summer
Governance, sustainability and leading IR professionals, gathered at the IR Magazine ESG Integration Forum – Summer in New York...
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Will IFRS S1 and S2 help make ESG reporting easier and more meaningful?
Surveys of company executives indicate that their number problem with ESG is the multitude of partially conflicting and...
Going backward or going mainstream? How investors’ ESG expectations are changing
Investors’ expectations around ESG factors have always been multifaceted. And with regulations and guidelines for ESG disclosure...
