April the 5th: Webinar on Sustainability and SMEs: impacts of Taxonomy and bank loans
ecoDa and Mazars pursue their series of webinar on how to respond pratically to ESG challenges and seize opportunities, with a second webinar on the 5th of April (from 11.00 to 12.30 CET) on the possible impacts of Taxonomy on SMEs’ ability to get fundings.
Policy-makers and practitioners will discuss how to incorporate ESG into lending policies, what are the key challenges SMEs face in financing their transition, how can banks best accompany SMEs on this journey and how should board members of SMEs proceed to move forward down the sustainability path.
To register CLICK HERE
March 18th: (Reminder) Webinar on How to align climate priorities with executive compensation?
On March 18th (from 11.00 to 12.00 CET), ecoDa, together with WTW, will organize a webinar to guide board members and remuneration committee members on how to drive the climate strategy by meaningfully embedding it within executive compensation schemes. It will consist of a presentation of WTW and the Climate Governance Initiative Guidebook on how to link climate priorities with executive compensation, followed by a panel discussion with experienced board members.
To register CLICK HERE
Categoria: International update
ecoDa’s EU Alert 11
It Includes:
EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENTS
Council: Women on boards Directive unlocked
EP: Companies to be more accountable for their social and environmental impact
EP: Backing binding pay-transparency measures
EC: Taxonomy complimentary delegated act released
EFRAG: Update on the elaboration of possible EU non-financial reporting
Council: Failed to agree on a Directive on global minimum tax (Euractiv)
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Climate group prepares legal action against Shell directors (Financial Times)
EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS
Consumer groups calling for higher bar for ESG funds
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
France: Unions and employee representatives’ enhanced power to accelerate sustainability transition (Novethic)
New IIA-UK Report takes a fresh look at auditing culture
UK: Diversity in boardrooms (The Guardian)
EVENTS
ECGI: Corporate sustainability due diligence
ecoDa News
- 22nd of March: ecoDa team to exchange with the CFA Institute on European Corporate Governance Developments;
- 24th and 25th of March: ecoDa will run its Spring Board Education Programme in Brussels;
- 30th of March: ecoDa Board meeting in the presence of Maija Laurila (European Commission, DG JUST, Head of Unit JUST A.3)
The EU Alert is available for download here.
ecoDa Spring Board Education Programme
ecoDa is delighted to announce that its European board Education Programme will take place in Brussels on the 24th and 25th of March with the academic partnership of INSEAD.
This programme has been developed for board members seeking to update their knowledge on recent EU policy developments in the field of corporate governance. In addition to that, these two days represent a unique networking opportunity with board members coming from across Europe. The programme is moderated by Chris Hodge, who established and chaired the European Corporate Governance Code Network.
Per maggiori informazioni e registrarsi CLICCA QUI
Webinar 18 marzo ore 11:00 ecoDa – How to align climate priorities with executive compensation?
Cari Associati,
vi segnaliamo il webinar “How to align climate priorities with executive compensation?” organizzato da ecoDa insieme a Willis Tower Watson, in programma per il 18 marzo alle ore 11:00 – 12:00 CET.
Potete trovare il programma dell’evento nella sezione documenti posta alla fine di questa comunicazione.
Per registrarti CLICCA QUI
ecoDa: sono aperte le iscrizioni al corso di formazione Professional Development for European Directors Brussels
Gentili Associati sono aperte le iscrizioni al corso di formazione Professional Development for European Directors Brussels.
Per leggere il programma CLICCA QUI.
Per iscriversi CLICCA QUI
ecoDa – EU Alerts 4
It includes:
EC: Sustainable Corporte Governance package
EC: Digital Operational Resilience Act for financial services
EBA: Consultation on remuneration and gender pay gap benchmarking for banks and investment firms
ESMA: Consultation on the review of MIFID II
EU Platform on sustainable finance: Response to taxonomy complementary delegated act
OECD: Resilient trade starts with sustainable supply chains
FRC: New research with Audit Committee Chairs
What does stakeholder capitalism mean for investors? (Investor Forum & London Business School’s Centre for CG)
Changing the climate in the boardroom (Heidrick & Struggles)
Global Integrity Report (EY)
French Presidency of the EU: Protecting Europeans against financial crime
ecoDa News
- 3rd of February: ecoDa Board meeting;
- 9th of February: ecoDa EU Corporate Governance Circles meeting;
- 10th of February: ecoDa participating at the GNDI Policy Committee meeting.
The EU Alert is available for download here.
ecoDa – EU Alert 2
It includes:
EC: Expecting EU deal on rules for women in boardrooms
EP: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) – Update
EFRAG: Extension of the deadline for the consultation on disclosures
ISSB: Upcoming consultation on sustainability-related disclosure standards
B Lab: Top stories on how B Corps are pursuing positive benefits for all stakeholders
NACD: 2022 Governance outlook
Reclaim shareholder power and reshape companies
ecoDa News
- 17th January: ecoDa will meet Mazars to discuss the ongoing EC consultation on corporate reporting;
- 21st January: ecoDa Policy Committee meeting;
- 21st of January: ecoDa Audit Committee Working Group meeting.
CThe EU Alert is available for download here.
ecoDa – EU Alert 41
It Includes:
- Update on the Sustainable Corporate Governance file
- France: Court orders French government to ‘repair’ carbon emissions overshoot (The Guardian)
- UK: Watchdog wants power to cap Big Four’s FTSE 350 audit clients
- Companies call on G20 to act on climate change (Minerva Analytics)
- OECD: Ground-breaking tax deal
- Basel III Monitoring Report
- PRI Report: Investment mandates: embedding ESG factors
- EY Board Barometer Survey
- Is it time to integrate ESG into executive compensation? (Salzburg Global Seminar)
- Why stakeholder capitalism is not enough? (Embedding Project)
- Companies with narcissistic CEOs have lower share prices but better governance (Board Agenda)
- 2021 European Corporate Governance Conference: Beyond Traditional Corporate Governance – Sustainability & Innovation
ecoDa’s NEWS
- The recording of ecoDa’s last webinar organized under the patronage of DG GROW on “Underpinning entrepreneurship and resilience: Key governance challenges for unlisted companies” is now available.
- 14th of October: ecoDa exchanges with DG GROW on the Sustainable Corporate Governance file;
- 26th of October: ecoDa’s Working on ESG meeting;
- 28th of October:
- ecoDa, ECIIA, FERMA Joint Working Group on Sustainability Risks meeting;
- GNDI Policy Committee meeting;
- 29th of October: ecoDa’s Policy Committee meeting.
The EU Alert is available for download here.
ecoDa’s Event – 9 November – The European Corporate Governance Conference 2021
Beyond Traditional Corporate Governance: Sustainability & Innovation
| On behalf of EY, ecoDa and the Slovenian Directors’ Association, we would like to invite you to attend this year’s virtual European Corporate Governance Conference 2021 on Tuesday 9 November 2021 (2pm-5pm CET), in partnership with ACCA, BusinessEurope and EuropeanIssuers. As an accompanying event to the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU, this online Conference will bring together experts, policy-makers as well as practitioners to express their views on “ Beyond Traditional Corporate Governance – Sustainability & Innovation”. The agenda can be found here. REGISTER HERE ! |
EcoDa 37 – Eu Alerts
It Includes:
- Council: The French presidency’s priorities
- EP: Tax information sharing must improve significantly
- ESMA: Report on trends, risks and vulnerabilities
- TPI publishes fresh scenarios
- Update on the implementation of the Whistleblowing Directive (Transparency International)
- Report: Europe’s top 25 banks failing on green pledges
- Report: Governance trends shaping 2021 (Diligent)
- Report: SMEs’ digital future (Accountancy Europe)
- France: Middlenext Corporate Governance Code updated
- The New Corporation: How “good” corporations are bad for democracy (Harvard Law School Forum on CG)
- How the benefits of mandatory sustainability reporting by business do outweigh the costs (Frank Bold)
- The promise of stakeholder capitalism: illusory or real?
- EC: EU Sustainable Investment Summit
- Sustainable Corporate Governance
ecoDa’s NEWS
- LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: 28th of September: As part of the European SME Week, ecoDa will organise an event, under the patronnage and with the participation of DG GROW, on “Underpinning entrepreneurship and resilience: Key governance challenges for unlisted companies“.
- SAVE THE DATE: 9th of November: European Corporate Governance Conference accompanying event to the Slovenian presidency, Beyond Traditional Corporate Governance – SUSTAINABILITY & INNOVATION. Organised by the Slovenian Directors’ Association, EY and ecoDa. More information to come.
- ecoDa’s Educational Videos: Collective Actions. ecoDa, AIG and Crowell&Moring have jointly produced a short video to explain the concept of collective actions and its role in the EU, while also to shed light on the collective redress directive and the impact on businesses, boards and Officers Insurance.
- 21nd of September: ecoDa’s board meeting;
- 22nd of September: ecoDa’s board members will meet Commissioner Reynders to discuss the EC Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative.
The EU Alert is available for download here.