Business: Accountability

(asked on 5th February 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what their policy is towards promoting environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles among UK companies.


Answered by
Lord Offord of Garvel Portrait
Lord Offord of Garvel
Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 19th February 2024

The Companies Act 2006 requires directors to have regard to impact of a company’s operations on the community and environment when exercising their duties. It also requires certain companies to provide information regarding environmental matters and social, community and human rights issues within their annual reports.

The Government’s future plans to encourage companies to consider the impact of environmental, social and governance issues are set out in Mobilising Green Investment - 2023 Green Finance Strategy. This includes the Government’s plans to assess the suitability of the standards that were recently published by the International Sustainability Standards Board for use in the UK.

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