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The FCA and BEIS expect climate disclosures to be aligned with TCFD recommendations this financial year. Are you ready?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its guidance for compliance with TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures) recommendations for FY22. But what do those changes mean for your business? And do you know what you need to do to be compliant by year-end?

The first question on your mind is likely to be: do the FCA requirements impact my business? The answer is ‘yes’ for all premium and standard listed companies in the UK.

Read the full article at KPMG here.

AWS, Microsoft and Google generate around 81% of revenues in the UK cloud services market.

Ofcom is set to probe Google, Amazon and Microsoft’s dominance in the UK cloud services industry.

Due to launch in the coming weeks, the probe will assess the position of the three “hyperscalers” in the £15bn public cloud infrastructure services market and identify any potential barriers to competition and growth.

Read the full article on Digit News here.

Greenwashing scandals continue to hit the headlines with fresh examples of greenwashing appearing in the news daily – Pretty Little Thing and its parent company Boohoo, for instance, have once again had their green credentials questioned.

Whilst typically this attention has been confined to media reporting, calling brands out for making misleading environmental claims, we are now beginning to hear of raids, investigations and, now, legal disputes. Warnings are quickly turning into fines and regulatory action, with regulators referring to arguments made in private litigation to hold organisations to account about material misstatements and omissions on sustainability.

Read the full article on Charles Russell Speechlys here.

Pre-tax profits at JD Sports declined by nearly a fifth in the six months to July.

Profits were down from around £440 million during the same period of last year to roughly £384 million.

The sports fashion retailer said that this was driven by more normalised trading patterns following the pandemic, with up to 40 per cent of annual profits generated in the first half of the year.

Despite recording an eight per cent hike in sales for the past six weeks, the company said that the most material trading periods are yet to come and warned of continued supply chain issues.

Read more on Retail Systems here.

Latest launched research on Global Outsourced Customer Care Services Market, it provides detailed analysis with presentable graphs, charts and tables. This report covers an in depth study of the Outsourced Customer Care Services Market size, growth, and share, trends, consumption, segments, application and Forecast 2030. With qualitative and quantitative analysis, we help you with thorough and comprehensive research on the global Outsourced Customer Care Services Market. This report has been prepared by experienced and knowledgeable market analysts and researchers. Each section of the research study is specially prepared to explore key aspects of the global Outsourced Customer Care Services Market. Buyers of the report will have access to accurate PESTLE, SWOT and other types of analysis on the global Outsourced Customer Care Services market. Moreover, it offers highly accurate estimations on the CAGR, market share, and market size of key regions and countries.

Read the full article on Spoool.ie here.

The Robotic Process Automation Market research report provides all the information related to the industry. It gives the markets outlook by giving authentic data to its client which helps to make essential decisions. It gives an overview of the market which includes its definition, applications and developments, and manufacturing technology. This Robotic Process Automation market research report tracks all the recent developments and innovations in the market. It gives the data regarding the obstacles while establishing the business and guides to overcome the upcoming challenges and obstacles.

Read more on the Digital Journal here.

The age of data analytics in corporate compliance programs and regulatory enforcement is here.

Not long ago, the use of data analytics and artificial intelligence by corporate compliance departments was a compliance luxury, the preserve of a few well-heeled international conglomerates. Today, these technologies are routinely implemented for diverse corporate initiatives.

Understanding how regulators view the use of data analytics in driving compliance and how data analytics can inform effective compliance programs is critical to ensuring that companies of any size can rise to meet the moment.

Read more on DLA Piper here.

We live in an increasingly connected world. Never in the history of humanity has information been so readily available. Today, it's not just people who are more connected with each other but devices that are connected with people and processes and people that are connected with devices that connect them to other people, processes and devices. It is truly a connected world — and we have information to thank for that.

The Internet of things (IoT) plays a significant role in connectedness, and today we are looking at the role of cloud-agnostic hardware in IoT. We will cover critical questions asked today in the IoT industry. That includes the benefits of cloud-agnostic hardware, how cloud-agnostic hardware affects the future of IoT and whether there is an alternative to cloud-agnostic hardware.

Read more on Entrepreneur here.

Global “Sustainability and Climate Change Consulting Market” In the forecast period of 2022-2028 research report has been recently published. The report provides detailed information on the effective analysis of the businesses. This report includes extensive market research on the Sustainability and Climate Change Consulting Market that allows users to analyses future demand and forecast accurate implementation. Expected growth rates based on intelligent analytics provide more information about the global market Sustainability and Climate Change Consulting Market. Limits and growth aspects are based on a deep understanding of global market growth.

Read more on Spoool.ie here.

Careers360, Sri Lanka’s latest and most innovative job seeking site, launched its online platform to the public, connecting job seekers and employers by offering a transparent, easy-to-use solution for finding new careers and new candidates, respectively. The platform, proudly built by Azend Technologies Ltd., leverages the latest technologies in creating a lightweight, innovative, easy to use web portal on par with global platforms.

Careers360.lk provides a fresh face by bringing the latest features in the global recruitment space to a traditional Sri Lankan job market; from profile matching to analytics-driven recruitment. It offers a suite of packages catered to individual job adverts, to corporates looking for a cost-effective mass hiring option.

Read more on Daily FT here.