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NEWS: ESG investment, 13 October, 2022
Experts clash over ESG investment ‘agenda’
US professor slates PRI for ‘undue influence’ on the financial markets, while PRI maintains the need to inform investors on ESG.
NEWS: Artificial intelligence, 13 October, 2022
Let AI pick up the board’s admin only, experts advise
It may be some way off yet, but governance by robots is coming and directors need to be ready, according to new research.
NEWS: Net zero pledges, 12 October, 2022
Investors seek clarity from firms on net zero pledges
Financial watchdog’s report reveals the need for ‘hard data’ detailing how net zero plans will be executed—and likely impacts on business.
NEWS: ESG leadership survey, 7 October, 2022
Leadership in ESG: take part in our survey
Board Agenda’s research aims to lift the lid on trends in board oversight, implementation and disclosure of ESG.
NEWS: Governance, 7 October, 2022
News round-up: this week in governance
Reducing business reporting regulations; gender pay gap reporting; the politics of woke; ESG’s long-term value; site visits and audit fees.
NEWS: Regulation, 7 October, 2022
Renewed call for human rights due diligence law
Mandatory compliance would prevent the UK from being ‘a laggard’ in Europe on environmental and supply chain issues, say business signatories.
NEWS: Governance, 6 October, 2022
Meta faces US lawsuit over its corporate governance
A Meta stockholder alleges that the company’s business model failed to consider the risks to society and to ‘diversified stockholders’.
NEWS: Ethnic diversity, 5 October, 2022
Improve reporting of boardroom ethnic diversity action, says FRC
The watchdog’s review finds companies are showing more awareness, but need to gather reliable data to be able to monitor their progress.
NEWS: Podcast, 3 October, 2022
Boards advised to ‘act now to save auto sector’
The UK’s auto industry faces unprecedented challenges and may only have 10 years to adapt or disappear, warn experts in our latest podcast.
NEWS: Governance, 29 September, 2022
News round-up: this week in governance
Governance in Ukraine, FCA’s ‘constructive discussions’ with AJ Bell, final report on KPMG’s conduct, climate risk reporting in California.