U.K. watchdog seeks disclosures on COVID-19, climate change
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Neil Hodge2020-11-12T20:14:00
COVID-19 and its impact on operations and the bottom line tops the Financial Reporting Council’s list of what it wants to see in company reports for 2021.
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