Occupational Safety and Health:
The Pandemic, the Changing World of Work and How Investment
Stewards Can Engage to Enhance Corporate Performance
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Evidence of significant environmental challenges has triggered urgent calls for nations and businesses to transition towards greener, resilient and climate-neutral economies and societies. Yet, despite clear evidence and compelling calls to action, the issue remains highly politicised. While governments struggle to gain consensus on workable policies and solutions, businesses have been asked to play an even greater role in addressing climate-related challenges.
For the transition to a greener economy to be achieved and sustainable it must be ‘just’ — aiming to be fair and inclusive, able to create decent work opportunities, and aspiring to leave no one behind. This ICGN Viewpoint focuses on the role of good corporate governance and investor stewardship in contributing to a just and sustainable transition to achieving a resilient, net-zero economy.Type: News / press release , tagged withTagsClimate risks remains acute, presenting a systemic risk to the global economy. So far, the stated commitments fall well short of the needed response. At the same time, the global investment community continues to learn and prepare. The links to biodiversity and the need for an inclusive just transition are increasingly recognised and understood. In this statement ICGN sets out expectations for governments and market participants urging more action and creative responses to the challenge of our time.
Type: News / press release , tagged withTagsIn the last few years, the financial and systemic risks of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation have risen to the top of the investor agenda. Destroying nature means destroying the natural capital upon which our economy is based. And the links to climate change are complex and deep. As the world gathers in Montreal to halt biodiversity loss and begin the process of restoring ecosystems, ICGN is releasing our recommendations to investors, companies, boards of directors, auditors and governments.
Type: News / press release , tagged withTagsICGN response to the ISSB Agenda Priorities consultation
Type: News / press release , tagged withICGN Letter on gender diversity in company boards and executive position in Japan - Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office, and Tokyo Stock Exchange