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Amazon faces first US tax transparency shareholder filing
17 December 2021Online retailing giant Amazon is facing calls to disclose its global tax practices, after three institutional investors and a leading proxy advisor backed the first US tax transparency shareholder resolution.
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10 US asset managers emit 3bn oil barrels a year
16 December 2021The annual financed emissions of 10 of the largest US asset managers are equivalent of three billion oil barrels, a report has said,...
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Green bond issuers urged to disclose absolute carbon emissions
07 December 2021The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) has urged green bond issuers to begin disclosing the absolute carbon emissions...
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PCAF floats idea of 'facilitated emissions'
11 November 2021The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) has launched a consultation on two documents...
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Standardised format for companies' SASB disclosures launched
30 September 2021UK non-profit the Value Reporting Foundation has launched a tool for companies to report ESG data that follows Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards in a digital format.
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Insurers to get global standard for measuring 'insured emissions'
07 September 2021Insurers are to get "the first global standard to measure and disclose insured greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions" as a result of an industry collaboration.
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Financial firms back deforestation data initiative
11 August 2021A working group of investors and banks are supporting an initiative to improve the data on corporate deforestation through supply chains
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Hong Kong appoints sustainable finance group to bolster disclosures
15 July 2021Hong Kong's securities regulator and central bank have helped create a group of experts to develop sustainability reporting and a dedicated carbon market in the territory.
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Comment: The Cold War over non-financial disclosures
06 July 2021The fragmented landscape of non-financial disclosures is consolidating, and it is geopolitical considerations that are driving the emergence of winners, and the downfall of the rest. Vincent Huck surveys the battlefield and predicts who will emerge victorious.
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SEC Commissioner slams IFRS sustainability standards proposal
02 July 2021A US Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commissioner has urged the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)...