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A month after the snap parliamentary elections, Bulgaria is not closer to forming a government. The EU is expected to extend tariff-free imports of agricultural products from Ukraine until June 2024, but some exceptions will likely be made for certain CEE countries. Multilateral talks on extending…
Welcome to this edition of the Weekly Political Compass from Teneo’s political risk advisory team! This week, we are taking a closer look at Serbia-Kosovo talks. Meanwhile, the leaders of Japan and South Korea will meet, Turkey’s election campaign is getting increasingly tense, and a fake…
China's Global Security Initiative (GSI) aims to build a diplomatic and security architecture to rival the US-led system of multilateral treaties, alliances, and institutions. So far the GSI remains ill-defined and largely re-packages existing Chinese-led forums, multilateral institutions, and security concepts, but Beijing will flesh out the initiative gradually. Process…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News A group of 23 venture capital firms across the U.S. and Europe announced the formation of the Venture Climate Alliance, an organization that will define, facilitate and realize net-zero aligned pathways…
Unfortunately, and out of necessity, organizations have accepted cyber risk as a cost of doing business. For years, business executives have repeated the mantra “it’s a matter of when, not if” in reference to cyber-attacks. But the range of motivations for cyber disruption has evolved and geopolitics has become an…
Following Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock's visit to Beijing, the domestic debate about China policy continues among foreign policy elites. Compared to French President Emmanuel Macron, Baerbock took a more hawkish position. However, German foreign policy is made by coalition governments, not the president. As a result, Baerbock's stance must be…
Welcome to this edition of the Weekly Political Compass from Teneo’s political risk advisory team! This week, we are taking a closer look at German China policy. Meanwhile, Chinese house prices are rising, local elections will be held in the north of Kosovo, Argentine officials hope…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News In an annual letter to board members on State Street’s 2023 proxy voting agenda, new President and CEO Yie-Hsin Hung discussed the asset managers' fiduciary duty, its stewardship activities, and commitment…
ESG is becoming an increasingly important feature of the Chinese tech space. As ESG moves further into mainstream, global business strategy, and following a general trend across its listed businesses, China’s tech sector is quietly making progress in a number of important ESG domains. The governance challenges in this all-important…
Welcome to this edition of the Weekly Political Compass from Teneo’s political risk advisory team! This week, we are taking a closer look at French pension reform. Meanwhile, Japan’s ruling party will be strengthened by local election results, Poland’s prime minister is traveling to the US,…
Given the speed at which ESG’s influence is increasing in policy agendas, capital flows, civil activism, litigation and customer choice, it is unsurprising that the role of Chief Sustainability Officer is evolving at pace. Business leaders have an increasingly mature understanding of the purpose of the sustainability function, and in…
This week, Colombia’s government will use Easter to twist legislative arms in the (probably forlorn) hope of keeping its reform agenda undiluted. Mexico’s election watchdog appears to have dodged an out-and-out power grab. In Ecuador, the next stage of the impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso gets underway. Chile’s security…
