- EP: Letter to the Commission to ensure access to justice as part of the Sustainable Corporate Governance proposal
- EP: JURI’s debate on the CSRD
- ESMA/EBA: Guidelines on the assessment of the suitability of members of management bodies
- ESAs: Propose new rules for Taxonomy
- EP: A European withholding tax framework discussed
- EBA: Standards on voting disclosures
- EC: 2021 Banking Package
- The Science Based Target’s Net-Zero Standard
- ICGN: Recommendations in light of the COP26
- Benchmarking: ESG in banking and finance
- Global investors calling for transparent human rights commitments
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS - UK: Preparing for mandatory TCFD reporting (FRC)
- UK: Consultation on climate and investment reporting
- Netherlands: A new law for gender equality in leadership positions
- France: New quota for female representation in executives position under discussion
- French Report: The French State as shareholder
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Boards face growing pressure from ESG petitions (Financial Times)
ecoDa News
- 28th of October: ecoDa participated in the GNDI Policy Committee meeting: the idea of organising a GNDI global Summit in 2022 was raised. Such an event would be an opportunity to gather board members from all over the world to discuss Corporate Governance trends;
- SAVE THE DATE: ecoDa and Mazars are organising a series of events to focus on how to respond practically to the sustainability related challenges and, as importantly, how to spot the opportunities. The first event in the series will take place on the 19th of November (from 10.00 to 12.00) and will look at how supply chains have been impacted by sustainability.
- 8th of November: ecoDa’s Education Working Group meeting;
- 9th of November: The 2021 European Corporate Governance Conference, organised by ecoDa, EY and the Slovenian Institute of Directors. The programme can be found here.
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