27 January, 2021
Annual BlackRock CEO letter focuses on climate and diversity
Companies wait expectantly for the annual CEO letter from Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager.
13 January, 2021
Investor group calls for shareholder votes on climate strategy
Efforts are under way to increase boardroom accountability for climate strategy. The Investor Forum, a group representing UK institutional investors, has called for a “say on climate”—a non-b...
1 December, 2020
Does your board have the ESG skills they need for future success?
While we can all agree that the word “unprecedented” is overused today, this year has seen several distressing events take place on a global scale—bushfires destroying homes and wildlife in Aust...
30 November, 2020
Watchdog’s ire provoked by ‘vague’ purpose statements
Regulators are a little disappointed. While the world is calling on companies to better define their purpose, it’s not going as well as it should. A review of governance statements from 100 UK co...
10 November, 2020
How 2020 has sparked acceleration to a comprehensive reporting system
2020 has undoubtedly been a crisis year. The global pandemic, climate change and the challenges of inequality and the infrastructure gap have tested organisations’ resilience like never before, and ...
30 October, 2020
BlackRock backs global sustainability reporting standards
BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, has put its shoulder behind the creation of a single set of global sustainability reporting standards. The support is timely. If implemented, new stan...
30 October, 2020
Sustainability in spotlight at IIRC Global Conference
The growing importance of integrated reporting will be explored in November when experts, business leaders and investors from around the world gather online to explore the issue of sustainable value c...
9 October, 2020
FRC proposes ‘public interest report’ to highlight stakeholder issues
With all the talk of stakeholder interests in business it was only a matter of time before corporate reporting began to catch up. And so it has. This week sees the UK reporting watchdog issue proposal...
4 August, 2020
Companies should embrace Europe’s roadmap to stakeholder capitalism
It is now de rigueur for for any company seeking to respond to the urgency of climate change and the imperative of responsible business conduct to pledge to "serve their stakeholders". The...
13 May, 2020
