Dr. Sam De Silva, Partner at CMS, won the 2021 CGIUKI Award for Governance Champion of the Year in recognition of his work representing the British Standards Institute as the ISO Working Group Co-Convenor for ISO 31022.

We now look at how ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) reporting is linked to modern slavery.

Assuming the FCA and PRA’s proposals move forward given the government’s decision to pause new regulations for a non-financial reporting review, the Institute has responded to the consultation.

With increasing importance placed on boards embedding ESG considerations in their decision-making and operations, stakeholder capitalism has become something of a buzzword du jour. It is intrinsically linked to sustainability as it is grounded in the view that giving consideration to wider interests, perspectives and impacts leads to long-term value creation.