office, take office, self-sufficient, box-ticking, beneficial/legal ownership, due diligence,

But sceptics worry that the regulations proposed by the European Commission could turn green investing into a box-ticking exercise

The EU wants to boost sustainable finance

The plan is to set common standards for green investments and make asset managers' goals more transparent

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The part had been specifically written for him by the scriptwriters, John Esmonde and Bob Larbey.
His character, Tom Good, decided to give up his steady office job on his 40th birthday and become self-sufficient.自創企業/自由業



Yet change of any kind is painfully slow. In America anonymously owned companies have featured prominently in recent scandals about campaign financing and health-care fraud. Despite that, a bill by Senator Carl Levin to require American companies to declare their beneficial ownership (if only to officials) has stalled in the Senate’s finance committee. Some suspect that pressure from states that thrive on providing anonymity, such as Delaware, helps keep the bill in limbo.


The results of the FATF talks will be published next month. Officials insist that it will now place greater expectations on members. One shift is towards identifying real rather than merely legal ownership (with nominee shareholders and directors, a company may take instructions from a shadowy third party). All those involved in due diligence will be expected to take a “risk-based” approach and “reasonable” measures (translation: more commonsense, less box-ticking). Signatory states will come under closer scrutiny on issues such as keeping timely, accurate, accessible basic information (such as company addresses). And they will be obliged to have some penalties for non-compliance.

A popular UK term for any activity that is performed perfunctorily and with resignation, more to serve a bureaucratic expediency than to accomplish any higher purpose. In general, box ticking ensures that all requirements (boxes) for an activity or process are performed (ticked or checked).

Box ticking exercise - Medical Dictionary - The Free Dictionary

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Tick (check mark) - Information from Answers.com
A tick within a box. A tick (known as a check mark or check in North American
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What is ticking box testing
ticking-box testing: a widely used philosophy of testing, in which no testing is
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due diligence
Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired.

office
n.

1. 1. A place in which business, clerical, or professional activities are conducted.
   2. The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place.
2. A duty or function assigned to or assumed by someone. See synonyms at function.
3. A position of authority, duty, or trust given to a person, as in a government or corporation: the office of vice president.
4. 1. A subdivision of a governmental department: the U.S. Patent Office.
   2. A major executive division of a government: the British Home Office.
5. A public position: seek office.
6. offices Chiefly British. The parts of a house, such as the laundry and kitchen, in which servants carry out household work.
7. A usually beneficial act performed for another. Often used in the plural.
8. Ecclesiastical. A ceremony, rite, or service, usually prescribed by liturgy, especially:
   1. The canonical hours.
   2. A prayer service in the Anglican Church, such as Morning or Evening Prayer.
   3. A ceremony, rite, or service for a special purpose, especially the Office of the Dead.

[Middle English, from Old French, duty, from Latin officium.]

法新社倫敦24日電：英國外交部（Foreign Office）今天為一份官方文件公開道歉，這份文件建議教宗今年稍晚訪問英國時，應該開設一家墮胎診所，並且替同志婚姻祈福。

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1 ((英でしばしば〜s))
(1) 事務所［室］, 営業所；会社；職場, 勤め先

an office worker
事務職員, 会社員

the home ［head］ office of a company
会社の本社

our New York branch office
わが社のニューヨーク支店

be at the office
会社で仕事をしている

be in an office
出勤中である（▼inは純粋に場所を示し, atは場所と同時に「執務」という活動が想起される）.

(2) （個人の）執務室；（大学教員の）研究室

the manager's office
支配人室.

(3) 取扱所.
(4) ((英))保険会社

In what office are you insured？
どの会社の保険におはいりですか.

(5) ((米))診療室［所］, 医院.

2 ((the〜))((集合的・単数扱い))全職員, 全従業員.

3 [U]（責任・権力を伴う）地位；（特に）官職, 公職

run for ［seek］ office
公職を求める

be in ［out of］ office
在職している［いない］；（政党が）政権を担当している［いない］

hold office
官職についている

take ［assume, accept］ office
公職に就く

go out of ［leave, resign］ office
辞職する.

4 職務, 任務；仕事；会社の仕事

the office of secretary
秘書の職

household offices
家事

act in the office of counselor
顧問の役目をする（▼ofのあとの名詞はふつう無冠詞単数形）

An advisor's office is advising.
助言者の仕事は助言することだ.

5 ((O-))
(1) （米国政府の）庁, 局, 部（▼省より下の区分）

the Office of Community Services
社会事業局

the Immigration Office
移民局

the Patent Office
特許局

the Printing Office
印刷局.

(2) （英国政府の）省
the Foreign Office
外務省

the Scottish Office
スコットランド省.

6 ((しばしば〜s))((形式))口きき, 尽力

through ［by］ the good offices of a friend
友人の尽力で.

7 《教会》
(1) 祈祷(とう)式次第；聖務日課；聖務日課書の内容(divine office).
(2) 儀式, 礼拝式；（特に）葬儀

the last offices
葬式.

8 ((the 〜))((俗))暗示, 合図

give ［take］ the office
暗示を与える［受ける］.

9 ((〜s))((主に英))家事室, 台所, 納屋, 馬小屋など.

10 ((英略式))トイレ.

［古フランス語←ラテン語officium （opus仕事＋facereなす＋-ium名詞語尾＝仕事をなすこと→奉仕, 任務）］

beneficial[ben・e・fi・cial]

• 発音記号[bènəfíʃəl]
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[形]

1 （…の）ためになる, 有益な；助けになる((to ...))

beneficial insects
益虫

have a beneficial effect on ...
…に有益な効果がある

Vitamin E is beneficial to the skin.
ビタミンEは皮膚によい効果がある.

2 《法律》
(1) （必要の場合に）扶助する

a beneficial association
相互扶助組合.

(2) 収益を受けるべき, 受益者（として）の, 自己の（利益の）ための

a beneficial proprietor
使用収益権者.

ben・e・fi・cial・ly

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