J. L. R. Zapatero, the former Prime Minister, was thrown under the bus yesterday after being pointed out by his nominee, Julio Martínez, and by the owner of the airline Plus Ultra, for receiving over half a million euros to facilitate the government’s rescue—through SEPI—of the company in the spring of 2021… And for announcing it to them before it was even approved by the Council of Ministers. In respective…
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These changes are also expected to reduce reporting costs by more than 30 per cent per company, in line with the Commission’s objective of reducing the burdens associated with reporting requirements by 25 per cent. Consejeros Editorial Team On 3 July, the European Commission adopted the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), including a voluntary reporting standard for small businesses, with the aim of improving transparency and reducing the administrative…
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Report by Renta 4 Flat opening (Eurostoxx futures down 0.2%, S&P unchanged, Nasdaq up 0.2%), whilst in Asia Japan is closed today and South Korea is seeing a rebound from Friday’s falls (of 4%). Today, Burnham is set to be appointed British Prime Minister. On the geopolitical front, this marks the ninth night of US strikes against Iran, with targets extending beyond strictly military sites (bridges, infrastructure, ports), a sign…
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Rosa Mª García Piñeiro, board member at Caixabank, Acerinox, and Ence—serving as chair of the sustainability committee for the latter two and as a committee member at Caixabank—explains that “the directive does not set the materiality threshold. The company decides it based on its own criteria. There is nothing in the legislation that prescribes what is material and what is not. The auditor-verifier may have one opinion, the company may…
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Says Antonio Bonet, president of the Club of Spanish Exporters and Investors. He points out that “Europe has a single tariff applied by all member states, but the U.S. applies a tariff to each country, meaning it can decide that the tariff applied to Spanish black olives is higher than that for Italian olives, as it did at one point. So there is a part of the negotiation between Europe…
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