The first quarter of 2024 registered a total volume of $285bn in GSS+ bond and loan issuances, showing signals of recovery compared to the last quarter of 2023, according to Environmental Finance.
Companies in the U.K. and Ireland face heightened expectations from investors for gender diversity in line with the issue’s growing importance for companies. An increasing number of companies [...]
A decision by Chinese financial regulators to cancel separate meetings for a class of shareholders on the Hong Kong stock exchange has sparked concerns among some large institutional investors [...]
The majority of target goals set for S&P 1500 CEOs were higher in 2022 than a year earlier when the same metrics were used in annual incentive awards. On the surface, that’s an encouraging [...]
Honoring Women’s History Month (March) and the United Nations-recognized International Women’s Day (March 8), this paper reviews the state of pay equity practices based on corporate disclosures, [...]
The adoption of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) signals broad consensus on the importance of robust controls to prevent adverse impacts of business activities on [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI), the use of technology to execute or simulate processes that would otherwise require human intelligence, is quickly evolving. Companies have begun to use the rapidly [...]
ISS-Corporate analyzes non-cash special grants awarded to CEOs in the U.S. in fiscal year 2022 to shed light on how they are used in compensation packages and whether the controversy surrounding [...]
Sustainability reporting rules developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) for the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards are set to be adopted across jurisdictions in [...]
On Wednesday, March 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a rule that will require climate-related disclosures for many public companies. The SEC’s climate rule mandates [...]