Leadership in Risk Management: European Survey 2020 – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. DG FISMA : An upcoming public consultation on the review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive
  2. EFRAG: Report on How to improve climate-related reporting
  3. EFRAG: to develop Non-Financial Reporting Standards for the European Commission
  4. EFRAG: Call for experts to its Advisory Panel on Intangibles
  5. EBA: Composition of management bodies in institutions
  6. ESMA sets out its strategy on sustainable finance
  7. Leadership in Risk Management: European Survey 2020
  8. Startup Europe
  9. ecoDa’s News

 

France: Upcoming new CG Code & Gender Quotas for Executive Committees – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. EC 2020 Work Programme
  2. The Boston Consulting Group: Getting Uncomfortable on Purpose
  3. France: French employees are asking the company to refocus on its primary missions
  4. France: Upcoming new CG Code & Gender Quotas for Executive Committees
  5. UK: Are non-standardised ESG metrics such a bad thing?
  6. GNDI: Towards Principles on the Corporate Governance of Climate Change
  7. ecoDa News

The World Economic Forum: Stakeholder Capitalism – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  • The World Economic Forum: Stakeholder Capitalism
  • Philippe Lamberts, MEP at Guberna/Euronext New Year event
  • IIRC : A new model for integrated thinking
  • WBCSD & ICAEW: Assurance on non-financial information
  • ECGI & IESE: Corporate Governance and Ownership with Diverse
  • EC wants to ensure ethical use of artificial intelligence
  • ecoDa News

WEF: Sustainable finance starts with data – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  • Successes of Croatian EU Council Presidency and Commission are linked, according to Mrs von der Leyen
  • Commission presents its ‘Investment Plan for a Sustainable Europe’ to European Parliament
  • BlackRock CEO letter issues warning on sustainability disclosures
  • WEF: Sustainable finance starts with data
  • AccountancyEurope: Interconnected Standard Setting for Corporate Reporting
  • The US Institute of Internal Auditors: The Governance Benchmark
  • EwoB : Gender Diversity Index
  • US: Public companies support SEC proposal on proxy firms
  • ecoDa News

Italy: toughens its quotas to ensure gender diversity on boards from 30 to 40% – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. The Croatian presidency of the EU: DeHavilland EU report
  2. EP: Collective Redress
  3. Digital Tax: Feud between France and the US
  4. UK: Annual Review of the UK CG Code
  5. Finland: New CG Code
  6. Italy: toughens its quotas to ensure gender diversity on boards from 30 to 40%
  7. Barclays’ shareholders are asking the board to cease business with unsustainable clients
  8. Deloitte and ICAEW report on audit committees
  9. ecoDa News

 

Member States confirm agreement on taxonomy on sustainable finance – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. ESMA proposes strengthened rules to address undue short-termism in securities markets
  2. Member States confirm agreement on taxonomy on sustainable finance
  3. UK: moves to strengthen auditor independence and ban conflicts of interest
  4. France : Quotas for female board members could be extended to mid-caps companies
  5. France : AFEP Report on shareholder activism
  6. ecoDa News

Leading academics publish policy recommendations to make corporate governance more sustainable – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes: 

  1. European Green Deal
  2. The 24th European CG Conference in Helsinki
  3. Leading academics publish policy recommendations to make corporate governance more sustainable
  4. Harvard Law School Forum: Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2020
  5. Sustainable Finance Taxonomy: State of play
  6. ECGCN : New Chair
  7. ecoDa News

European investors: calling to enshrine the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality goal in law – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. MEPs, politicians and left-wing intellectuals call for more ambitious European Green New Deal
  2. European investors: calling to enshrine the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality goal in law.
  3. EP/FEMM Committee: The EU Strategy for Gender Equality – Hearing
  4. CEAOB : New Guidelines on Duration of the audit engagements and auditors’ involvement on financial statements in ESEF
  5. US Center for Audit Quality: A White Paper On The Role Of Auditors
  6. Press articles: Corporate Purpose / Ethics
  7. ACCA Conference: the non-financial reporting directive
  8. ecoDa News

UK: Report on Principles for Purposeful Business – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. EC: High-Level Forum on Capital markets Union
  2. EFRAG: Climate-related reporting
  3. ECB : Open letter on climate change
  4. UK: Report on Principles for Purposeful Business
  5. UK: Labour Party’s and Liberal Democrats’ Manifesto
  6. CCBE Conference on Modernisation of EU Company Law
  7. EC: Green Deal
  8. ecoDa news

The Conference Board: CEO and Executive Compensation Practices – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. EC: New Commission should take office on December, the 1st
  2. CEAOB: Questionnaire to AC Chairs
  3. AFEP: Encourages Large Companies’ Executives To Integrate Their Own Energy-Climate Foresight Analysis In Their Strategy
  4. The Institute of Internal Auditors (USA): a discussion paper on Reimagining the Corporate Board
  5. The European Single Electronic Format
  6. The Conference Board: CEO and Executive Compensation Practices
  7. LSE: How to turn trust into a competitive advantage?
  8. ecoDa news