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UK regulator prepares ‘comply or explain’ TCFD rules
17 October 2019The UK’s financial conduct watchdog will consult on new rules to encourage disclosure of climate-related risks by financial firms in early 2020.
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UK Financial Reporting Council to set up climate lab
18 October 2018A working group to improve company reporting of information related to climate change is to be established by the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
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Big four audit firms under spotlight on climate reporting
19 September 2018The ‘big four’ audit firms have been challenged to explain their failure to flag deficiencies in companies’ climate risk reporting.
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People Moves: BlackRock, Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions, AP4, ING, Lightsource BP, European Investment Bank, IIGCC, DNCA Finance and FRC
29 June 2018BlackRock has lost one of the leaders of its push into impact investing, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Climate-related disclosure: a new dawn
21 March 2018Numerous developments are helping to drive improvements in corporate reporting of non-financial issues and to raise investor expectations, says Adams Koshy.
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Hold AGM vote on compliance with mandatory TCFD, suggests Aviva's Waygood
13 March 2018Aviva Investors has thrown its might behind proposals to make climate disclosures mandatory, adding that shareholders could vote on whether they approve of the reporting.
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People Moves - HSBC, SEB, MSCI, MDF, Just Finance
10 February 2017Swedish investment bank SEB has named Marie Baumgarts a head of sustainability.
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SRI firms call on UK government to clarify 'fiduciary duty'
07 July 2014The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) is calling for a change in the law to make clear that pension fund trustees can take environmental and other non-financial issues into account in their investment decisions.