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Climate policies to alter global business environment

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INTERNATIONAL

Accelerating climate change threatens vast human and economic loss. In response, developed-country governments are legislating to force businesses to change while also seeking to…

Climate finance will grow but huge challenges persist

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INTERNATIONAL

Climate investment globally topped USD1tn last year but remains well short of the estimated USD8tn requirement. Most funding goes to developed economies and mitigation projects…

ESG push will help improve diversity in US companies

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UNITED STATES

Policy, disclosure requirements and stakeholder pressures, particularly from investors, push them in that direction. The exception is diversity and inclusion, which form part of…

Corporate climate reporting is underestimating risks

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INTERNATIONAL

However, there is a danger of these impact assessments understating the costs of the global temperature rise already happening, and of action needed to restrain it.

Global sustainability market will expand despite COVID

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INT

There are major regional differences in how governments and companies from developed and developing countries perform on sustainability. Even so, policy efforts by some large…

China is key to sustainability of textile sector

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CHINA

Chinese government and corporate action towards sustainability in this industry are drawing growing scrutiny not only because China is the world’s largest exporter of textiles and…

Sustainable bond issuance will increase markedly

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INTERNATIONAL

ESG-related bonds account for around 5% of the global bond universe, with green bonds the largest and most mature element, yet in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, social bonds…

US corporate duty of care faces reappraisal

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UNITED STATES

With the advent of President Joe Biden's administration, the country's experience with COVID-19 is becoming part of a new debate over whether healthcare should be a public good…

Climate litigation is set to grow globally

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INTERNATIONAL

The suit is one of several being brought against well-known firms under a 2017 French corporate law that imposes an environmental duty of care on large companies. As climate…

Investors will step up corporate governance monitoring

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INTERNATIONAL

Corporate governance.