UK firms worth £2.3tr to face new climate risk disclosure rules

Michael Holder
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Financial Conduct Authority proposals would see 480 large UK companies having to disclose risks posed by climate change and the net zero transition - or to explain why they are failing to do so

Large British companies with a combined market capitalisation of £2.3tr may soon be forced to publicly disclose the risks they face from climate change and the net zero transition "or explain why not",...

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