Credit: Takver via Flickr Introduction: what The Economist has to say about climate change and business More than a year ago, we started off a series of blog posts on mandatory non-financial disclosures with a post on climate change. At that point, four risk groups of climate change were identified and suggestions were made on …
Could You Be Wrong in Thinking Climate Change Does Not Affect Your Business? Read More »
This post is about the translation of the EU regulation on disclosure of non-financial information to a Dutch national regulation; this entry will, therefore, be in Dutch. 1. Welke organisaties moeten aan de wet bekendmaking NFI voldoen? Organisaties van openbaar belang (beursgenoteerde ondernemingen, banken, verzekeraars en kredietinstellingen) met meer dan 500 werknemers, een balanswaarde groter …
Veel gestelde vragen rondom de Wet bekendmaking niet-financiële informatie (NFI) Read More »
Do you think the EU Directive on Disclosure of Non-Financial Information (follow this link) will seriously push the needle on sustainable practices? Or will it just be an exercise in box-ticking? Starting this year, over 6,000 companies in the EU will be required to disclose negative impacts caused by their business operations, including their policies …
The EU Directive on Disclosure of Non-Financial Information: Will It Push the Needle? Read More »
Introduction This ‘What Every Manager Should Know About’-series is intended for managers whose businesses have to disclose (or feel the need or pressure to disclose) non-financial information. The needs or pressures to disclose non-financial information are manifold. Regulatory compliance such as EU directive 2014/95/EU, NGO pressure, ESG-risk management, demands from investors, and many other factors …
What every manager should know about (5/5): Non-Financial Disclosure Read More »
Introduction Now that large corporates have to adhere to EU regulation 2014/95/EU, managers should be more familiar with a number of non-financial topics. The EU regulation on the disclosure of non-financial information asks firms to provide information on environmental, social and employee matters, respect for human rights, anti-corruption and anti-bribery matters. In this post, the …
What every manager should know about (4/5): Corruption and Bribery Read More »
As your organization is getting ready for the implementation of EU guideline 2014/95/EU on the disclosure of non-financial information, I hand you a series of blog posts on non-financial topics that business managers might be less familiar with. My aim for this series of posts is twofold: First, to give you insight into concepts that …
What every manager should know about (3/5): New Governance Read More »
As your organization is getting ready for the implementation of EU guideline 2014/95/EU on the disclosure of non-financial information, I hand you a series of blog posts on non-financial topics that business managers might be less familiar with. My aim for this series of posts is twofold. First, to give you insight into concepts that …
What every manager should know about (2/5): Human Rights Read More »
As your organization is getting ready for the implementation of EU guideline 2014/95/EU on the disclosure of non-financial information, I hand you a series of blog posts on non-financial topics that business managers might be less familiar with. My aim for this series of posts is twofold. First, to give you insight into concepts that …
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