Sustainability Policies and Practices for Corporate Governance in Brazil
This report analyses sustainability policies and practices for corporate governance, both in Brazil and globally. It serves to support the development of Brazil’s legal and regulatory framework for sustainability disclosure, the responsibilities of company boards and shareholder rights. The report presents the results of two OECD surveys conducted with the participation of some of the largest public companies and asset managers in the country.
Company sustainability standards and frameworks
The chapter summarises the most commonly used sustainability reporting standards and presents their use by listed companies globally. It also covers use and preferences of reporting standards by public companies in Brazil. The chapter then summarises the main concepts of materiality for corporate disclosure and discusses the main challenges related to the adoption of each concept. It also analyses the market value of companies in industries where sustainability issues is considered to be financially material in Brazil and in selected countries. The chapter concludes with an overview of the current regulatory framework for sustainability disclosure in Brazil.
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