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Reuters: New Company Sustainability Standards Body Drafts First Guidelines
April 01, 2022
In a move that is backed by world leaders, top investors and regulators, The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) published two draft standards for public consultation until July 29 ahead of formal adoption by the end of the year, paving the way for a new global standard for company sustainability reporting.
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Business and Human Rights: How New Laws in Europe and the UK Impact Companies Around the World
March 30, 2022
Jenner and Block LLP, writing on human rights and global strategy explore the evolution in the ten years of existence of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (the "UNGPs"), companies and governments around the world are increasingly finding themselves required to adhere to them as the guiding principles go from « soft law » to « hard law ».
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Forbes: ESG leading to One Global Disclosure Standard?
March 29, 2022
In a major step towards a global sustainability reporting standard, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the IFRS Foundation have announced plans to co-ordinate and align their capital market and multi-stakeholder standards for sustainability disclosures.
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Zitelmann: Defending Capitalism
March 29, 2022
Despite Capitalism increasingly gaining a negative connotation, Dr Rainer Zitelmann argues that Capitalism is worth defending, attributing the decrease of extreme poverty around the world to below 10% to a capitalist system.
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Reuters: U.S. ESG shareholder resolutions up 22% to record level for 2022, study finds
March 24, 2022
According to a study released by activist group As You Sow and researchers including the Sustainable Investments Institute, shareholders have filed a 529 resolutions related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues for the annual meetings of publicly traded U.S. companies so far this year, giving a 22% increase from this point in 2021.
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