Noticias e información
Quality of Europe’s water for people’s use has improved, but challenges remain to keep it clean and healthy
The EEA report ‘European water policies and human health,’ provides a combined review of three key legislative acts that underpin water management in the EU — the Bathing Water Directive, the Drinking Water Directive and the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive,...
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry publishes guidance for company-investor disclosure and dialogue
METI outlines Japan’s framework for long-term Stewardship. by Elena K. Johansson | June 20th, 2017 Kunio Ito, Chair of METI Study Group Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has published guidance for companies and investors that aims to...
United Nations calls for banks to engage with human rights grievance mechanisms
The United Nations has called for banks to engage with grievance mechanisms so that stakeholders can hold them to account for the human rights impacts of financing decisions. The call comes in a detailed interpretive advice note from the UN Office of the...
Japan’s $1.3 trillion GPIF demands that asset managers disclose all their share voting decisions
The $1.3 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest pension fund, has told its external asset managers to disclose their share voting records in a move to back recommendations made by the newly revised Japanese...
More action is needed to protect the natural environment and people’s health
The EEA ‘Environmental indicator report 2016’ gives a snapshot of progress made so far by the 28 EU Member States in meeting a selected number of EU policy objectives. These are relevant to achieving the three key priority objectives of the EU’s...