Brussels, 15/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 15 April, the European Parliament set in stone a directive requiring big European companies quoted on the stock exchange to publish information each year about their social, environment and staffing policies (see EUROPE 11027).
The rules only apply to companies described as “public interest” companies, such as banks, insurance companies and blue chips with more than 500 members of staff, in other words some 6,000 companies in total in...