UK seeks to block EU's corporate reporting rules

Jessica Shankleman
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EU bodies meet today to agree new ethical reporting rules for large companies, but UK, Germany, and Poland are seeking key exemptions

New rules that could force tens thousands of Europe's largest companies to reveal their environmental impacts could be dramatically watered down today, if the UK and its allies successfully block key elements...

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