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How to draft an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Report

21/4/2015

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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is now asking Hong Kong listed companies to issue annual Environmental, Social and Governance Reports (ESG Reports) as part of their reporting responsibilities. These new reports are in addition to the standard Annual Report and Corporate Governance Reports that listed companies are required to issue annually.
We have handled a number of these ESG Reports for clients recently, and find there is widespread uncertainty about the scope and purpose of an ESG Report among listed companies and agencies. In particular, companies who are used to focusing on financial performance and financial controls are often at a loss to understand what exactly they should be writing about in their ESG Report. 

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Referring to non-specific persons: should we use ‘he', 's/he', 'he or she', or ‘they’? — PART 2

15/4/2015

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In Part 1 of this post, I mentioned the old-fashioned method of referring to a non-specific person using the pronoun ‘he’ (as shown in sentence 1 below). In this post I want to consider options 2 and 3.
  1. If a child is under 1 metre in height, he is not required to pay an admission fee.
  2. If a child is under 1 metre in height, he or she is not required to pay an admission fee.
  3. If a child is under 1 metre in height, s/he is not required to pay an admission fee.
  4. If a child is under 1 metre in height, they are not required to pay an admission fee

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Referring to non-specific persons: should we use ‘he', 's/he', 'he or she', or ‘they’?  — PART 1

8/4/2015

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This is the first of a short series of posts on an important topic: when we want to talk about a non-specific person, what pronoun should we use to refer to that person? Here are some of the standard possibilities in English:
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  1. If a child is under 1 metre in height, he is not required to pay an admission fee.
  2. If a child is under 1 metre in height, he or she is not required to pay an admission fee.
  3. If a child is under 1 metre in height, s/he is not required to pay an admission fee.
  4. If a child is under 1 metre in height, they are not required to pay an admission fee



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