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Boeing: What investors can learn from a cautionary tale in corporate governance
This research briefing examines Boeing's systemic governance failures, tracing the transition from engineering excellence to short-term financialisation. It analyses how misaligned incentives, weak board oversight, and marginalised worker voices obscured operational risks. The report advocates for multi-stakeholder governance and institutionalising worker voice to manage long-term systemic risks.
Data centers and social impacts: What matters for financial institutions / Financial Institutions Practitioners Circle
This report examines the social impacts of AI-driven data centre expansion. It identifies five key challenges for financial institutions, including community opposition and developer unfamiliarity with international standards. The research provides practical insights for banks to integrate social due diligence and leverage influence to improve project outcomes.
Collective power: The struggle for protection for land and environmental defenders
Global Witness reports that 124 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2025, bringing the total since 2012 to 2,375. Colombia remains the deadliest country. The report advocates for collective protection mechanisms and highlights the criminalisation of Indigenous communities resisting land grabs in Peru and Indonesia.
High-growth firms: Good and poor practice
This report details findings from the FCA’s Early and High Growth Oversight pilot, which engaged 15 firms across the asset management, wealth management, and payments sectors. It identifies good and poor practices in governance, risk management, and financial resilience, providing guidance for firms to ensure sustainable and compliant growth.
Ethical by design: Good technology principles for AI
This report outlines eight principles for responsible artificial intelligence, addressing challenges such as algorithmic explainability, environmental sustainability, and societal bias. It provides philosophical rationales and practical implementation strategies to ensure AI development respects human dignity and contributes to a just, sustainable future through ethical design and accountability.
Implementing the EPBC Act: Recommendations to support better, faster decisions for renewable energy projects
This report provides recommendations from the Clean Energy Investor Group to improve decision-making under Australia's reformed EPBC Act. It advocates for consistent administration, better data usage, and the finalisation of regulatory frameworks. The objective is to facilitate efficient renewable energy project approvals while strengthening environmental protection outcomes.
Turning digital into impact: 10 UNDP country stories
This report details ten UNDP initiatives demonstrating how digital transformation drives social impact. Covering nations like Brazil, India, and Ukraine, it showcases human-centred technological investments that improve justice systems, healthcare delivery, and climate resilience. The findings emphasise that institutional change and trust-building are as critical as the technology itself.
Guidance on environmental crime
This TNFD guidance framework enables organisations to incorporate environmental crime into nature-related assessments. It identifies risks from illegal activities, such as deforestation and mining, while providing practical steps for the LEAP approach. The report highlights how managing these risks improves supply chain transparency, regulatory compliance, and overall resilience.
Annual superannuation performance test – design options
This submission by the Super Members Council analyses the effectiveness of the annual superannuation performance test. It highlights $1 billion in fee savings and significant outperformance by profit-to-member funds. Key recommendations include strengthening consequences for product failure and implementing a single administration fee benchmark to enhance member outcomes.
Response to the Commonwealth Government’s consultation on Exposure Draft Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (2026 Measures No 2) Regulations 2026
The Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG) responds to the Commonwealth Government’s consultation on EPBC Act reform. Representing a $14 billion renewable energy portfolio, CEIG advocates for sector-specific guidance, improved National EPA resourcing, and clearer streamlined assessment criteria to ensure a predictable and efficient transition to a clean energy future.
AI ethics and the ILO’s international labour standards system: exploring synergies
This report examines synergies between AI ethics principles and the International Labour Organisation's normative framework. It identifies convergences in social justice and beneficence, alongside divergences regarding collective autonomy and privacy. The paper argues that international labour standards provide a legitimate reference point for governing AI-mediated transformations in workplaces.
Indigenous ocean law: Marine title, rights and management
This report explores Indigenous ocean law, critiquing Western legal frameworks while advocating for Indigenous-led marine management. It highlights the Haida Nation’s success in securing marine title through negotiation and litigation, and presents conceptual tools like keystone theory and the rights of nature to support sustainable ocean governance.
A guide to greenwashing and corporate disinformation in the mining sector
This guide examines greenwashing and disinformation in the mining sector, detailing strategies used to project an environmentally responsible image. It identifies tactics such as 'woke-washing' and judicial intimidation, while advocating for stronger consumer protection, anti-SLAPP laws, and transparency to combat corporate narratives that delay urgent climate action.
The cost of secrecy: The role played by companies registered in the UK’s Overseas Territories in money laundering and corruption
This research highlights the impact of corporate secrecy in the UK’s Overseas Territories on global corruption and money laundering. Analysing 237 cases involving 1,201 companies, it identifies over £250 billion in diverted funds and calls for public registers of beneficial ownership to increase transparency and combat financial crime.
Fair Finance Nigeria’s policy assessment: How four banks in Nigeria are responding to global ESG compliance standards
This research assesses the ESG compliance of Access Bank, Standard Chartered, UBA, and Zenith Bank using the 2025 Fair Finance Guide Methodology. It reveals a low average performance score of 1.7/10, noting that while banks satisfy domestic regulatory requirements, significant gaps remain in climate action and tax transparency.
Enabler accountability: Assessing measures taken against professionals implicated in cases of illicit financial flows from Africa
This research examines the accountability of professional enablers involved in illicit financial flows from Africa. Findings reveal a substantial accountability gap, with successful criminal outcomes in only 2% of observations. The report highlights regulatory loopholes and recommends systemic prioritisation of enabler investigations by enforcement agencies and supervisors.