Governance
INSIGHT: Sustainability reporting, 3 April, 2024
How to address ESG double materiality
Sustainability reporting now includes both internal and external environmental risks and opportunities: here’s how to tackle it.
NEWS: Activist investors, 2 April, 2024
Disney gains ground against activist investors
BlackRock and T Rowe’s reported support of the entertainment company may be giving it the edge ahead of its AGM.
NEWS: Non-Executive Director Awards, 28 March, 2024
Non-Executive Director Awards 2024: Winners playing a ‘pivotal’ role in their organisations
This year’s accolades celebrated exceptional non-executive directors, whether they are a ‘safe pair of hands’ or ‘a magician’.
COMMENT: Executive pay, 27 March, 2024
Why CEO pay hikes are not wise
Bigger executive pay packets will not fix underperforming organisations. It’s a long game and needs a longer-term solution.
NEWS: Sustainability, 27 March, 2024
Many boards fail to understand directors’ duties on sustainability
Directors and senior executives feel they are ill-prepared for incoming ESG regulations, Sustainability Board survey reveals.
NEWS: Legal and regulatory, 25 March, 2024
Opposition to dual-class shares resumes
Proposals to lessen the restrictions on dual-class shares are again met with investor protests over board accountability.
NEWS: Governance, 21 March, 2024
C-suite and non-executive directors’ views ‘not aligned’
Boardroom opinion is divided over key values and central issues, according to a global board governance survey.
NEWS: Executive pay, 18 March, 2024
US CEO pay not an ‘effective benchmark’ for the UK
Executive pay policy cannot be detached from societal and economic concerns, according to leading City figure.
COMMENT: Executive pay, 18 March, 2024
US compensation levels are no straight solution to UK CEO pay
Executive pay policy needs to be viewed through the lens of the UK’s economic growth challenges and cost-of-living crisis.
NEWS: Governance, 15 March, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
Racism at work; companies overwhelmed by ESG issues; the smartphone generation of ‘wireless investors’; employers who are ‘quiet firing’.