In this week's issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at corporate governance and reporting in EU portfolio companies.

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Links:

• The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
• PERG – the Private Equity Reporting Group
• The PwC analysis of good practice
• The Walker Guidelines commissioned by the BVCA and written by Sir David Walker in 2007
• TCFD further reforms announced and then ditched, following a call for evidence to gather ideas for simplifying the rules
• This year's PERG report
• The UK's Financial Reporting Council's review of reporting by the UK's largest private companies
•  FRC's Guidance on the Strategic Report and Thematic review of climate-related metrics and targets
• The Wates Corporate Governance Principles for Large Private Companies, the UK Corporate Governance Code itself (amended this year, and with updated guidance) and the CGI model terms of reference for an ESG Committee
• "Section 172" statement 
• ESG Footprints in Private Equity Portfolios: Unpacking Management Instruments and Financial Performance