UK companies failing to disclose ESG-related fines face litigation risk despite lack of ‘financial materiality’

By / ESG, M&A /

A number of UK listed companies have failed to disclose environmental fines in their annual ESG reports, leaving them open to shareholder lawsuits under section 172 of the UK's Companies Act, sources with knowledge of the matter told Equity Report.
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Valeria Camerino

Valeria is a seasoned business and financial journalist with fifteen years of industry experience.

Before launching Equity Report in October 2022, Valeria was European Editor for US-based financial news service CTFN, where she spent seven years reporting on event-driven situations, breaking news stories on complex financial and regulatory issues across several jurisdictions, from Europe and Africa to China, India, Brazil, and Australia.

Prior to that, she was Senior Reporter at TelecomFinance, Middle East correspondent, and later Southern Europe correspondent at Mergermarket (currently ION), and held a number of editorial positions with Dubai and London-based b2b publications.

She holds a BA (Hons) in Languages and Public Relations from Leeds Beckett University and an MA in International Journalism from University of Central Lancashire.