IPE: ESG roundup - Investors reinforce support for non-financial disclosures

Australian asset owners and some of Europe’s largest institutional investors have put their names to a statement supporting better disclosure of non-financial information.

The statement seeks to counter an increasingly common narrative that investors do not care about information that may not appear explicitly financially relevant, despite frequent calls for better disclosure of such information.

“We have made this statement to help companies understand that, if they deliver relevant and useful information, we will use it,” the statement reads.

You can read the full article about the investor statement, brokered by the International Integrated Reporting Council, here.