Draft Report on Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability- ecoDa EU Alert

 

It includes:

  1. EP: Draft Report on Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability
  2. 25th European Corporate Governance Conference: White paper tr
  3. EBA: Calls on the EC to establish a single rulebook on fighting money laundering and terrorist financing
  4. SMEunited: SME test should be reviewed
  5. CEOs urging the European Commission to set higher 2030 emissions reduction targets US: Investors group urges
  6. SEC to reopen proxy rules comment period
  7. Event: EBF High-level public dialogue: European Banking beyond the pandemic
  8. Event: European Commission High-level conference on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing
  9. ecoDa’s News

Report: What is needed for progress towards comprehensive corporate reporting – ecoDa EU Alert

 

It includes:

  1. EP: Ongoing debates on Corporate Governance topics
  2. European Commission Reshuffle (Cicero note)
  3. EBA: Consultation to revise its Guidelines on internal governance
  4. EFRAG: Appoints members and Chair for the European Lab Project Task Force
  5. Report: What is needed for progress towards comprehensive corporate reporting
  6. Report from Institut Montaigne: Responsible Capitalism: An Opportunity for Europe
  7. Report: From policy to practice: Testing the EU Taxonomy
  8. Report: ecoDa & Mazars joint publication “Times to put sustainability at the heart of business”
  9. Event: 26th European Corporate Governance Conference
  10. Event: Global Supply Chains – Global Responsibility Conference
  11. ecoDa’s News

 

 

 

EBF Statement: Banks underline need for smooth implementation of SRD II – ecoDa EU Alert

 

It Includes:

  1. EP: Corporate Governance topics discussed at the European Parliament this week
  2. EP: Ongoing Developments (Liability of companies for environmental changes)
  3. EBF Statement: Banks underline need for smooth implementation of SRD II
  4. EuropeanIssuers: Feedback to the EC draft directive on small and mid-cap issuers research and on fixed-income instruments
  5. US: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new decisive deregulatory actions
  6. Event: Brussels Economic Forum 2020
  7. Event: The ECGI’s Webinar on Corporate Purpose
  8. ecoDa’s news

 

 

Papers: Enacting purpose within modern corporation – ecoDa EU Alert

 

It includes:

  1. EP: Ongoing developments (Due diligence, Sustainable CG, Wirecard Case)
  2. EP: Studies of interest
  3. EBA’s response to the EC’s Action Plan to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing
  4. Papers: Enacting purpose within modern corporation
  5. Papers: PRI’s study on why and how investors should act on human rights
  6. Event: the 26th European Corporate Governance Conference
  7. Event: The 6th Climate Finance Day
  8. ecoDa’s news

 

 

EC: Summary Report of the consultation on the revision of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive – ecoDa EU Alert

 

It includes:

  1. EC: Study on Directors’ Duties and sustainable corporate governance and New Consultation on the impact assessment
  2. EC: Summary Report of the consultation on the revision of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive
  3. EP: Due diligence in supply chain
  4. UK: The Financial Reporting Council’s call for participants in a new Project Lab on corporate disclosures on stakeholders
  5. USA: Business lobbies press for laws on boards’ diversity
  6. Papers: EY identifies 8 priorities for Boards in 2020
  7. Papers: New ECGI Working Paper on the Global Diffusion of Stewardship Codes
  8. Papers: The role of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of corporate governance
  9. Events: OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investments
  10. Events: 2020 EC Internal Audit Services Conference
  11. ecoDa’s news

 

 

Joint ESAs consultation paper on ESG disclosures – ecoDa EU Alert

 

It includes:

  1. ECB may ask banks to withhold dividends for longer
  2. Joint ESAs consultation paper on ESG disclosures
  3. European Court of Auditors recommends that Commission review methods of monitoring EU climate-related expenditure
  4. Volkswagen risks diesel claims across EU after top court ruling
  5. The Wirecard case raises several concerns
  6. Frank Bold’s position on the revision of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive
  7. Summary report of ecoDa’s series of webinars on the impacts of Covid-19 on board members
  8. The Maltese Institute of Directors organises a webinar on the centrality of Corporate Governance in the country’s economic system
  9. ecoDa’s news

 

 

Position paper of the European Parliament EESC Employers Groups in the key role of business in the recovery phase – ecoDa EU Alert

 

It includes:

  1. Draft Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers
  2. EC Consultation on the review of the Solvency II Directive
  3. European Commission: 2nd Summer School on Sustainable Finance
  4. ecoDa, BusinessEurope and European Issuers exchanging opinions on the current topical CG issues
  5. Responses to the European Commission consultation on the Digital Finance Strategy
  6. The Swiss Parliament finally agree on the Responsible Business Initiative
  7. Position paper of the European Parliament EESC Employers Groups in the key role of business in the recovery phase
  8. Natural Capital Finance Alliance: report on Biodiversity Targets and Finance
  9. Global Cyber Alliance: 8-week program around email security
  10. ecoDa’s news

 

 

EC: sets ban on paying dividends or bonuses as a condition for recapitalising companies in Covid-19 crisis – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. COVID-19: EU Actions
  2. EC: sets ban on paying dividends or bonuses as a condition for recapitalising companies in Covid-19 crisis
  3. EC: Consultation on a new digital finance strategy for Europe
  4. The European Federation of Employee Share Ownership: Employee share ownership in times of pandemic
  5. Business reaction to the current crisis: France, Italy and Germany’s main business organizations call for European fiscal solidarity
  6. France: to Tighten Controls on Non-EU Foreign Investment
  7. The Securities and Exchange Commission abandons key plank of proposal to curb proxy advisers
  8. The 25th European Corporate Governance Conference confirmed
  9. ecoDa’s news

EuropeanIssuers: Position Paper on Directors’ Duties and Sustainable Corporate Governance – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. COVID-19: EU Actions
  2. Competition and COVID-19 in the EU
  3. European Commission: action plan to prevent and fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
  4. European Parliament: study on the role of SMEs in Europe’s long-term industrial strategy
  5. ESMA consults on SME Growth Markets
  6. BICG Webinar: Challenges for the boards of directors worldwide from the COVID-19 crisis
  7. The Alliance for Corporate Transparency: research on the sustainability-related disclosures made by 1000 European companies
  8. ESMA’s opinion on the new ESG disclosure requirements
  9. GNDI: A Resources Hub on Corporate Governance
  10. EuropeanIssuers: Position Paper on Directors’ Duties and Sustainable Corporate Governance
  11. ecoDa’s news

ICGN: Governance Priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic – ecoDa EU Alert

It includes:

  1. COVID-19: EU Actions
  2. European Commission: Update of its work programme
  3. European Commission: Update of the Guidelines on the standardised presentation of a remuneration report
  4. The EY study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance: State of play
  5. ESAs: Consultation on Environmental, Social and Governance disclosure rules
  6. ICGN: Governance Priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic
  7. The Global Cyber Alliance: steps to stay safe while working remotely
  8. ecoDa’s News