Last year, a new client approached me with an intriguing and unusual request. Knowing that I work with companies on sustainability issues, could I help her create a “Forever Forest,” that is, set aside land as protected forest in perpetuity?
If an MSI elects to create an independent secretariat, it will need to select a city and country in which to locate its headquarters. It is not always easy for a global initiative to decide this, as there will be a multitude of factors and these will rarely point to one location.
Canadian Finance Ministers announced on December 11 that they would take measures to improve the transparency of beneficial ownership information (see press release and backgrounder). While not much detail is available yet, this announcement marks a very important development and should be welcomed.
