Policy Briefing: 18,000 companies facing stricter environmental reporting rules

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Proposed shake-up of EU corporate reporting rules latest in long line of measures forcing businesses to account for environmental impacts

Today large companies will be told that they will soon be forced to report on a range of environmental and social factors alongside their financial results – effectively calling time on the era of voluntary...

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