FRC to review how U.K. companies, auditors address climate change
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-02-21T16:02:00
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council announced it will begin reviewing the extent to which U.K. companies and auditors are responding to the impact of climate change to ensure reporting requirements are being met.
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