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Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century’s recommendations, the Ireland Roadmap

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As a step towards implementing  Fiduciary duty in the 21st century ’s recommendations, the Ireland roadmap sets out recommendations in four categories: regulation, capacity building, stewardship and intermediation and corporate reporting. Regulation The Pensions Authority should ensure that the Environment Social Governance (ESG)-related provisions of  Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive (IORP) II are effectively implemented. In this context, we suggest that the Pensions Authority should: Issue guidance for pension funds and trustees as to how to ensure they are in compliance with the relevant provisions; and Set up a process for reviewing compliance and report annually on progress, lessons learned and the actions taken by the Pensions Authority where non-compliance is identified. As a key element of its wider programme of work, the Pensions Authority should continue to raise standards of Irish pension fund governance and risk management, includin

Key Dates for 2018 and 2019

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July 2018 9-18 High Level Political Forum no date yet theme Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies, New York  https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf 13 UN Partnership Exchange     https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/PartnershipExchange 11-12 G20 2nd Meeting of the Development Working Group Tucumán   https://www.g20.org/en August 221-22 G20 2nd Meeting of the Task Force on Digital Economy Salta   https://www.g20.org/en 23-24 G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting Salta   https://www.g20.org/en 26-31 World Water Week Stockholm   http://www.worldwaterweek.org/ 29-30 G20 2nd Meeting of the Climate Sustainability Working Group Puerto Iguazú   https://www.g20.org/en September 3-6 12-14 Basel Convention Open Ended Working Group in Geneva Global Climate Action Summit San Francisco http://globalclimateactionsummit.