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European Parliament votes through the revised Shareholders’ rights directive
Earlier today (14th March 2017), the European Parliament adopted the revised Shareholders' Rights directive, which was presented by the European Commission in April 2014. The revision of the Sharehold...
Read moreESAs publish a joint consultation paper on PRIIPs with environmental or social objectives
On Friday 10th of February 2017, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) launched a consultation on a proposal to set minimum requirements, which manufacturers of packaged retail and insurance-bas...
Read moreEurosif Report 2017
Eurosif is pleased to share its Annual Report - all the highlights and key developments from the past year. 2017 has been a great, landmark year for SRI which has opened up new opportunities for the...
Read moreEurosif’s Annual Report 2017
Eurosif is pleased to share its Annual Report - all the highlights and key developments from the past year. 2017 has been a great, landmark year for SRI which has opened up new opportunities for the...
Read moreDisentangling the Finance-Climate-Inequality Nexus
Last week, FIR's President, Thierry Philipponnat, joined a round table, "Disentangling the Finance-Climate-Inequality Nexus", as part of the University of Zurich's "First Conference on Financial Net...
Read moreAntonio Tajani elected European Parliament’s President
MEP Antonio Tajani from the European People's Party (EPP) secured the majority of votes yesterday (17th January 2017) to become the new President of the European Parliament. President Tajani has...
Read moreJanuary Insight – PLSA members demand more accountability
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is the UK body in charge of helping pension professionals run better pension schemes, representing £1 trillion in assets, and over 400 businesses....
Read moreEurosif joins Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on sustainable finance
As announced back in December, Eurosif's Executive Director, Flavia Micilotta, will join the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on sustainable finance. The Group is set to start meeting on...
Read moreFuture Brief: Environmental Impact Investment
Today the European Commission has published a Future Brief, featuring Eurosif's research, on environmental impact investment. Future Briefs were introduced in 2011 to provide expert forecasts of envi...
Read moreEurosif welcomes new report published by FSB’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Today the FSB’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures issued its landmark report with a set of recommendations, applicable to organizations across sectors and jurisdictions. After l...
Read moreCommission welcomes agreement on rules improving corporate governance in EU companies
After a year of negotiations, there is finally agreement on the proposal revision of the rights and duties of shareholders. The end of the trilogue negotiations marks the beginning of a new set of r...
Read moreClosing the Sustainability Gap: Investor relations in the spotlight
SustainAbility, a think tank and advisory firm which enable business to lead the way to a sustainable economy, has published its latest report, Closing the Sustainability-Investor Relations Gap. The...
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