Major international corporate reporting standard setters and framework providers have today released a position paper supporting the development of better reporting guidelines for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Canada is the only G20 country without a national securities regulator. Despite coordination among the provinces and territories, the current regime is often thought to encourage shareholder activism - whether by permitting forum shopping for more favourable regulations or given the reality that decentralized efforts mean scarcer resources to combat unwelcome tactics. However, after decades of discussion and debate, the Supreme Court of Canada released a decision late last year which could lead to the adoption of a single regulator, dubbed the Capital Markets Regulatory Authority (CMRA).
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The securities regulatory authorities in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan and Yukon (the participating jurisdictions) today published the underlying data used to prepare CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-310 Report on Fourth Staff Review of Disclosure regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions, which was published on September 27, 2018.
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Two years have passed since CIRI published a Backgrounder on environmental, social and governance (ESG). Since then, we have seen a number of changes including: political leadership changes in North America that have, in some cases, reversed forward momentum on ESG issues; the ‘mainstreaming’ of incorporating ESG into investment decision-making; the introduction of ESG-specific conferences; thought leadership around integrating ESG factors into analyst models; new guidelines that have been developed to help issuers tackle reporting and oversee ESG issues; and the Commissions continued focus on this area.
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Social media can help businesses appear open and accessible to customers and investors. However, as we discuss in the fourth and final post in our 'New to the Board' series, too much openness can sometimes land public companies on the wrong side of securities law disclosure rules.
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Sustainability issues have risen up the business agenda and they can no longer be ignored – consumers and investors alike are demanding more responsibility from the companies they buy from and whose shares they own.
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EY report highlights top three investor concerns as Board diversity, ESG and human capital.
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As investors increasingly come to grips with the challenging realities, risks and opportunities of a changing climate, resource depletion and human rights, we need to change the ways companies talk with them about these issues.
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