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Stephan Wolf

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How the vLEI Enables Digital Verifiability in Financial and ESG Reporting and Beyond

The obligations on legal entities to increase their corporate transparency continue to evolve, most notably in ESG and financial reporting. For ESG to be truly credible, however, both as a subset of financial reporting and as a standalone requirement, a global climate information architecture is sorely needed. Creating such an architecture, howeve...

24 November 2023 Regulatory Reporting

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The Missing Ingredient for Globally Compatible ESG Data Collation and Reporting

According to EY’s 2021 Global Corporate Reporting Survey, 76% of the world’s major finance leaders back the need for globally consistent environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. Stephan Wolf explains why ensuring a holistic entity identification mechanism through a global standard – such as the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) - is a fo...

04 February 2022

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Why Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets is the Backbone of a Strong Global Supply Chain

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Zimbabwe’s NMB Bank Limited, GLEIF, Cenfri and Cornerstone Advisory Plus recently collaborated to launch the first iteration of GLEIF’s digital business identity initiative in Africa. This has been a success for all involved, making it a model showcase for how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the...

17 November 2021 Financial Inclusion

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