Government advised to be more prudent with ESG policies
Posted : 2021-04-04 09:23
Updated : 2021-04-04 17:43
This article is the last in a four-part series highlighting the importance of ESG criteria in management and making suggestions for Korea s financial, industrial and public sectors to come up with better ESG strategies for sustainable growth. ― ED.
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By Park Jae-hyuk
The set of management criteria called environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) standards has become one of the Korean government s top policy priorities, after President Moon Jae-in said in early February that it was very meaningful that the country has been awarded the highest rating in Moody s Investors Service s analysis of 114 nations capabilities in handling ESG issues.
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Moody s revises Tata Steel outlook to stable
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India s steel consumption declined by 55 per cent during the first quarter of fiscal 2020-21, Moody s Investors Service said.
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NEW DELHI: Moody s Investors Service on Thursday said it has changed its outlook for Tata Steel Ltd to stable from negative.
Tata Steel is one of the country s top steel producers with an installed capacity of 20.6 million tonne per annum (MTPA).
The rating agency said it has changed the outlook on Tata Steel Ltd to stable from negative .
India s steel consumption declined by 55 per cent during the first quarter of fiscal 2020-21 following the nationwide lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, it added.
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