Modern slavery is a significant business risk, but many companies are still failing to properly account for it. Although UK law requires companies of a certain size – those with more than £36 million ($46 million) in global turnover – to produce yearly slavery and human trafficking statements, investors say that firms often fall short. They are therefore taking things…
Modern Slavery’s Accountability Gap
Modern slavery is a significant business risk, but many companies are still failing to properly account for it. Although UK law requires companies of a certain size – those with more than £36 million ($46 million) in global turnover – to produce yearly slavery and human trafficking statements, investors say that firms often fall short. They are therefore taking things…
Modern Slavery’s Accountability Gap
Modern slavery is a significant business risk, but many companies are still failing to properly account for it. Although UK law requires companies of a certain size – those with more than £36 million ($46 million) in global turnover – to produce yearly slavery and human trafficking statements, investors say that firms often fall short. They are therefore taking things…
Modern Slavery’s Accountability Gap
Modern slavery is a significant business risk, but many companies are still failing to properly account for it. Although UK law requires companies of a certain size – those with more than £36 million ($46 million) in global turnover – to produce yearly slavery and human trafficking statements, investors say that firms often fall short. They are therefore taking things…
Modern Slavery’s Accountability Gap
Modern slavery is a significant business risk, but many companies are still failing to properly account for it. Although UK law requires companies of a certain size – those with more than £36 million ($46 million) in global turnover – to produce yearly slavery and human trafficking statements, investors say that firms often fall short. They are therefore taking things…
Modern Slavery’s Accountability Gap
Modern slavery is a significant business risk, but many companies are still failing to properly account for it. Although UK law requires companies of a certain size – those with more than £36 million ($46 million) in global turnover – to produce yearly slavery and human trafficking statements, investors say that firms often fall short. They are therefore taking things…
Modern Slavery’s Accountability Gap
Modern slavery is a significant business risk, but many companies are still failing to properly account for it. Although UK law requires companies of a certain size – those with more than £36 million ($46 million) in global turnover – to produce yearly slavery and human trafficking statements, investors say that firms often fall short. They are therefore taking things…
Modern Slavery’s Accountability Gap
Modern slavery is a significant business risk, but many companies are still failing to properly account for it. Although UK law requires companies of a certain size – those with more than £36 million ($46 million) in global turnover – to produce yearly slavery and human trafficking statements, investors say that firms often fall short. They are therefore taking things…
EU Commission Asks EFRAG to Fast-track Development of Simplified CSRD Sustainability Reporting Standards
The European Commission has tasked the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) with supporting its plan to significantly simplify the reporting requirements under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), with a request to develop technical advice underlying the CSRD’s European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), and setting a timeline of only seven months, with a deadline for the new advice of…
Could regulatory change prove a tailwind for the ailing SLB market?
Growing concerns over the lack of ambition in the targets set by sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuers and the absence of use-of-proceeds structures led to a decline in issuance by 53% in 2024 compared to 2023. The International Capital Market Association states SLBs aim to further develop the key role that debt markets can play in funding and encouraging companies that…