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Corporate weekly highlights—11 February 2021

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Published on: 11 February 2021

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Corporate governance
FRC publishes insight into reporting against Wates Principles
Report finds UK companies ‘woefully inadequate’ at climate change reporting
Change the Race Ratio campaign signatory update
Equity capital markets
FCA’s new major shareholdings notification portal to go live on 22 March 2021
Members
Re Euro Accessories Ltd
Additional news—daily and weekly news alerts
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Article summary

This week’s edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes an article by Sir James Wates looking at reporting against the Wates Principles, a report by environmental charity, ClientEarth, on climate change-related reporting by top listed companies in the UK, an update from the CBI on the Change the Race Ratio campaign, and the forthcoming launch of the FCA’s new major shareholdings notification portal.

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