regulation: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
May 12, 2022
Efrag consultation deadline puts investors and companies under pressure
While the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group is seeking feedback on the new sustainability standards drafts, ESG professionals are feeling the pressure of a global...
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April 26, 2022
Listed companies expected to disclose human rights issues in supply chains
As new EU legislation on mandatory supply chain due diligence is proposed, stock exchanges reflect on the role they can play in improving companies’ disclosure....
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March 2, 2022
How ESG regulation is reshaping mining
The sector that extracts the resources needed to power a greener economy has a poor track record on ESG – but new environmental and human...
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March 1, 2022
Regulatory round-up
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has sounded its starkest warning yet about the irreversible changes being inflicted by global warming. Even at current levels,...
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February 28, 2022
EU adviser group publishes its social taxonomy report
The EU social taxonomy aims to create a workable classification for companies and investors. Coupled with legislation prescribing fines for businesses with poor human rights...
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February 24, 2022
Regulatory round-up
The European Commission has approved a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence directive aimed at making businesses accountable for human rights violations and environmental harm in their...
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January 27, 2022
Supply chain risks and ESG compliance
The introduction of a compliance-related approach to financial crime enforcement, where liability may be triggered by actions far down a supply chain, will likely be applied to ESG concerns too...
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