24 January, 2020
UK firms urged to improve carbon emissions reporting
UK companies need to improve their carbon emissions reporting, according to new research. The study uncovered big spikes in reported emissions, suggesting unexplained volatility. The examination of...
21 January, 2020
Narrow sustainability reporting boundaries ‘can amount to greenwashing’
The use of data is always contentious and so it proves with measures of sustainability. According to a new study, FTSE 100 companies
11 October, 2019
Better data and consolidated standards needed to drive ESG investing
When investors and their advisers gather there is a single recurring theme that arises again and again: environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. So it was in Paris this week as the gre...
19 September, 2019
Net effects of mandatory CSR reporting ‘difficult to assess’
If there’s one method for encouraging companies into a “sustainability” frame of mind it is the plea that they adopt a form of disclosure scheme that reveals their corporate social responsibilit...
5 June, 2019
ESG catalysts: how consumers can change corporations
It is a cold December morning in Paris. A group of concerned investors is gathered in a conference room with a beautiful view. We are all there to discuss environmental, social and governance matters ...
8 May, 2019
ESG reporting: what is the endgame?
On a chilly evening in early December 2018 the Oxford Union was filled to capacity to witness a debate on the seemingly arcane topic of non-financial information. The motion before the House was th...
31 July, 2018
Strategic report guidance amended to include ‘broader impact’
Revised guidance has been issued by the financial reporting watchdog on the strategic report, in a bid to encourage companies to “consider wider stakeholders and broader matters” impacting perform...
14 March, 2018
Belgian business groups publish guide on non-financial reporting law
A group of Belgian stakeholders have put together guidelines to help business leaders implement a law introduced last year on non-financial reporting. The VBO/FEB (Union of Belgian businesses), the...
28 September, 2017
Annual reports swell in size and content improves, but work to be done
Despite ongoing concerns about the legibility and accessibility of annual reports, their length has increased,
10 July, 2017
