Mind the gap: Why ESG reporting at private companies is essential for achieving net zero

Cecilia Keating
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The City of London | Credit: iStock
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The City of London | Credit: iStock

Investors are calling on their private portfolio companies to start disclosing their environmental footprint, warning that a huge transparency gap between listed entities and private companies could derail decarbonisation efforts

UK supermarket chain Morrisons' decades-long chapter as a listed company is set to end imminently, with two US private equity firms currently vying for the company in a high-profile bidding war. The supermarket,...

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