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20 Oct 2023
If your firm operates in the EU, chances are that you’re one of the nearly 50,000 companies in scope for the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) — the final piece in the EU’s sustainable finance regulation jigsaw. The CSRD requires all large companies and listed small- and medium-sized enterprises operating in the EU to disclo...
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13 Oct 2022
Consumers around the world are facing a cost-of-living crisis. Those in vulnerable circumstances will be hit hardest. In the UK, 89% of adults reported an increase in their cost of living in August 2022. Sixty percent of those who reported a rise in the cost of living between August 3–14, 2022 say they are spending less on nonessentials as a resu...
17 May 2022
“Soy mayor, no idiota” — “I’m old, not an idiot.” That’s the headline of a Change.org campaign launched by Carlos San Juan, a 78-year-old Spaniard who argued that the closure of bank branches and the forced migration of customers to digital banking were sidelining elderly and vulnerable customers. The petition, which asked for more consideration a...
11 Nov 2021
In the past two weeks, the eyes of the world have been on Glasgow and the COP26 summit, where international lawmakers, business leaders, and activists convened to bring climate change under control — amid extreme rainfalls and floods. Sustainability is the new reality for every one of us. Over the coming years, sustainability will become a top pri...