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It Includes:
- EP: Corporate Governance topics discussed at the European Parliament this week
- EP: Ongoing Developments (Liability of companies for environmental changes)
- EBF Statement: Banks underline need for smooth implementation of SRD II
- EuropeanIssuers: Feedback to the EC draft directive on small and mid-cap issuers research and on fixed-income instruments
- US: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new decisive deregulatory actions
- Event: Brussels Economic Forum 2020
- Event: The ECGI’s Webinar on Corporate Purpose
- ecoDa’s news
It includes:
- EP: Ongoing developments (Due diligence, Sustainable CG, Wirecard Case)
- EP: Studies of interest
- EBA’s response to the EC’s Action Plan to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing
- Papers: Enacting purpose within modern corporation
- Papers: PRI’s study on why and how investors should act on human rights
- Event: the 26th European Corporate Governance Conference
- Event: The 6th Climate Finance Day
- ecoDa’s news
It includes:
- EC: Study on Directors’ Duties and sustainable corporate governance and New Consultation on the impact assessment
- EC: Summary Report of the consultation on the revision of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive
- EP: Due diligence in supply chain
- UK: The Financial Reporting Council’s call for participants in a new Project Lab on corporate disclosures on stakeholders
- USA: Business lobbies press for laws on boards’ diversity
- Papers: EY identifies 8 priorities for Boards in 2020
- Papers: New ECGI Working Paper on the Global Diffusion of Stewardship Codes
- Papers: The role of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of corporate governance
- Events: OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investments
- Events: 2020 EC Internal Audit Services Conference
- ecoDa’s news
It includes:
- ECB may ask banks to withhold dividends for longer
- Joint ESAs consultation paper on ESG disclosures
- European Court of Auditors recommends that Commission review methods of monitoring EU climate-related expenditure
- Volkswagen risks diesel claims across EU after top court ruling
- The Wirecard case raises several concerns
- Frank Bold’s position on the revision of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive
- Summary report of ecoDa’s series of webinars on the impacts of Covid-19 on board members
- The Maltese Institute of Directors organises a webinar on the centrality of Corporate Governance in the country’s economic system
- ecoDa’s news
It includes:
- Draft Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers
- EC Consultation on the review of the Solvency II Directive
- European Commission: 2nd Summer School on Sustainable Finance
- ecoDa, BusinessEurope and European Issuers exchanging opinions on the current topical CG issues
- Responses to the European Commission consultation on the Digital Finance Strategy
- The Swiss Parliament finally agree on the Responsible Business Initiative
- Position paper of the European Parliament EESC Employers Groups in the key role of business in the recovery phase
- Natural Capital Finance Alliance: report on Biodiversity Targets and Finance
- Global Cyber Alliance: 8-week program around email security
- ecoDa’s news
It includes:
- COVID-19: EU Actions
- EC: sets ban on paying dividends or bonuses as a condition for recapitalising companies in Covid-19 crisis
- EC: Consultation on a new digital finance strategy for Europe
- The European Federation of Employee Share Ownership: Employee share ownership in times of pandemic
- Business reaction to the current crisis: France, Italy and Germany’s main business organizations call for European fiscal solidarity
- France: to Tighten Controls on Non-EU Foreign Investment
- The Securities and Exchange Commission abandons key plank of proposal to curb proxy advisers
- The 25th European Corporate Governance Conference confirmed
- ecoDa’s news
It includes:
- COVID-19: EU Actions
- Competition and COVID-19 in the EU
- European Commission: action plan to prevent and fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
- European Parliament: study on the role of SMEs in Europe’s long-term industrial strategy
- ESMA consults on SME Growth Markets
- BICG Webinar: Challenges for the boards of directors worldwide from the COVID-19 crisis
- The Alliance for Corporate Transparency: research on the sustainability-related disclosures made by 1000 European companies
- ESMA’s opinion on the new ESG disclosure requirements
- GNDI: A Resources Hub on Corporate Governance
- EuropeanIssuers: Position Paper on Directors’ Duties and Sustainable Corporate Governance
- ecoDa’s news
It includes:
- COVID-19: EU Actions
- European Commission: Update of its work programme
- European Commission: Update of the Guidelines on the standardised presentation of a remuneration report
- The EY study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance: State of play
- ESAs: Consultation on Environmental, Social and Governance disclosure rules
- ICGN: Governance Priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic
- The Global Cyber Alliance: steps to stay safe while working remotely
- ecoDa’s News
It includes:
- COVID-19: EU Actions
- European Commission: Open Consultations
- The Council of the EU: a unified taxonomy to encourage green investments
- Rethinking what “Acting in the interest of the corporation” means for boards in times of crisis
- Avoiding the Risk of Fiduciary Litigation as a Result of the Pandemic
- How boards can help guide the business during the COVID-19 crisis
- COVID-19 Upends How Boards Consider Data Protection
- European Investment Bank: Digitalisation, Small Businesses and Coronavirus
- IFA’s opinion column on dividends
- ecoDa’s News
It includes:
- COVID-19: EU Actions
- COVID-19: Accountancy Europe / Practical steps to protect SMEs
- COVID-19: ICGN’s comparative study on how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting individual markets
- UK: The Institute of Directors calls for help for companies and entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19
- COVID-19: Updates from the New Zealand Institute of Directors
- COVID-19: Call to Action from the Planetary Emergency Partnership
- ESMA’s Annual Report on enforcement and regulatory activities related to corporate reporting
- ECGS is launching a Shareholder Engagement Pool on Sustainable Distribution Policies.
- ecoDa’s News
