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Tens of thousands of companies operating in Europe face new requirements to report their operations' climate impact.
By Frances SchwartzkopffJuly 31 -
Danish prosecutors allege Shah oversaw a trading scam using a loophole on dividend payouts to reap duplicate tax refunds.
By Jonathan Browning, Katharine Gemmell and Frances SchwartzkopffApril 4 -
Almost half of North America's biggest institutional and wholesale investors worry they'll face legal consequences if they consider environmental and social factors, as the political backlash against ESG broadens.
By Frances SchwartzkopffMarch 21 -
IOSCO has suggested it would be unreasonable to penalize companies that aren't immediately able to get the data they need to report their complete carbon footprints.
By Frances Schwartzkopff and John AingerFebruary 21 -
Firms often use questionable accounting techniques to support their emissions claims.
By Frances SchwartzkopffNovember 3 -
Shah was named as the mastermind of the scheme in which pension plans filed for tax returns to which they weren't entitled, because they never paid the taxes to begin with.
By Jonathan Browning, Frances Schwartzkopff and Donal GriffinSeptember 16 -
A number of sustainable investing champions say it's time for the "ESG" label to be shelved and replaced by something less likely to draw attacks from both the political right and left.
By Saijel Kishan and Frances SchwartzkopffAugust 17 -
Sustainability advocates and accountants say the ISSB’s proposals fall short of what’s needed to protect the environment.
By Frances Schwartzkopff and Lisa PhamJuly 29 -
The software giant, a staple of ESG investment funds, is being called out by a group of shareholders for what they say is its poor track record on tax transparency.
By Frances SchwartzkopffJune 28 -
There’s a standoff brewing between European lawmakers and the Big Four as they try to lay claim to an ESG market that may generate fees of as much as $8 billion a year.
By Frances SchwartzkopffJune 21