This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals an...
How good a job are corporations doing in disclosing ESG policies and data to investors and other stakeholders? As the volume of regulations and guidance targeting corporate ESG disclosures globally has soared in the past few years,1 we have seen institutional investors seeking more transparent and consistent ESG data to facilitate better engagement with corporations and to incorporate ESG considerations in their investment decisions.We could find no published studies, however, quantifying ESG disclosure trends at a granular level or that compared corporate reporting practices across various markets and capitalization sizes. This information could help institutional investors better identify engagement targets or areas for additional due diligence.
Over the past crazy year, organizations have learned many important lessons—some, the hard way.From these many lessons that we are still experiencing, managers and supervisors have seen how ongoing, well-planned safety impacts productivity and quality of work. However, it is a major misconception that workplace safety and productivity are mutually exclusive, and in order for one area the benefit, the other must be negatively impacted. The reality is that safety and productivity actually complement each other.
Biodiversity is becoming another keyword after climate change for listed companies in disclosing environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, according to multiple business and finance experts.During the "2021 Europe-Korea Virtual Business Conference" jointly hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) in Seoul, July 2, participating experts said large business groups should cope with both global and domestic issues at the same time when it comes to ESG management.
Since the onset of Covid-19, corporate boards have faced a string of difficult decisions. Take the question of dividend payments: Ordinarily, the decision would be a relatively straightforward matter of applying a stated dividend policy, following past practice, or choosing an amount based on shareholder expectations and the company’s earnings for the period. But this year, with Covid-19 decimating the economy and looming uncertainty about the depth and duration of the crisis, the decision became a complex matter of weighing and balancing multiple factors — at least for companies flush enough to consider it at all.