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With reporting against TCFD mandatory for many in the coming reporting season, the challenges for companies of reporting on both risks and opportunities in the transition to a net zero, low-carbon world are high in everyone’s minds. Tamara O’Brien reports back from July’s Trust me, I’m listed webinar, where author Claire Bodanis hosted experts Tim Mohin of Persefoni, Annie Heaton of ArcelorMittal and Jeremy Osborn, of the Value Reporting Foundation.
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In narrative terms the governance report is often seen as the poor relation of the strategic report. But shouldn’t it tell a story too? Tamara reports back from April’s Trust me, I’m listed webinar, where author Claire Bodanis, Janice Lingwood, Corporate Reporting Consultant, Superunion and Chris Hodge, Director, Governance Perspectives discuss how the governance report could be made more engaging and meaningful, as well as compliant.
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