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Analysis Roots out Gaps in EU Non-Financial Reporting
January 05, 2018
Law organization Frank Bold has published an analysis of the implementation of the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive in the UK, France, Germany, and Italy, finding that, while the new rules have extended corporate non-financial reporting in each country, governments must be clearer about which data is "material" and must therefore be included in reports.
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Report Tracks Progress of EU Corporate Reporting
January 05, 2018
CSR Europe and the Global Reporting Initiative have produced a report tracking the implementation by EU member states of the supranational organization's corporate Non-Financial Reporting Directive, in a bid to analyze the success of the initiative in forcing businesses to publicly disclose their social and environmental impacts.
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World Bank Facility Launches Climate Insurance Database
January 05, 2018
The World Bank Group's Global Index Insurance Facility, in partnership with other organizations, has launched an online database promoting insurance and the transferring of risk as effective responses to the perceived growth in the number of disasters caused by global warming.
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Canadian Investors Push for Corporate Climate Reporting
January 05, 2018
An article in The Globe and Mail highlights how pension funds and other investors are responding to pressure from nongovernmental organizations and others by pushing companies in which they invest to report on how they are preparing for a "low-carbon" future, despite a lack of consistent corporate disclosure guidelines on climate risks.
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NGO Condemns Plans for Global Investment Court
January 05, 2018
The Center for International Environmental Law has published a report warning that the European Commission's proposed global "Multilateral Investment Court" would solidify the investor-state dispute settlement system contained in many trade agreements and result in corporate "impunity" by facilitating challenges by investors to duly passed laws of sovereign countries.
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