Tag: Japan
News round-up: this week in governance
FRC chair suggests the Big Four pay more for junior auditors; Toyota chair stays put; call for transparency on fair value; ethical dilemmas.
News round-up: this week in governance
UK ‘less optimistic’ on ESG than European boards; holding stock; ethics codes; governance in Japan; can ‘Succession’ tell us how to manage?
News round-up: this week in governance
NZ boosts ESG in governance code; bid to oust BP chair; Exxon challenged; KPMG and EY audits; female directors mean better forecasting.
News round-up: this week in governance
Musk ‘slept on factory floor’; Tyson Foods CFO arrested; FRC public interest entity definition grows; Japan urged to boost women on boards.
Japan to include human rights reference in its corporate governance code
Reports in the Japanese press indicate “respect for human rights” will be linked with inspecting supply chains for abuses in the revised code.
Could Japan’s governance be improving?
Since Japan introduced a corporate governance code in 2015, there may be signs that the country is improving its governance—but critics argue that it is a facade that hides the country’s fallibility.
Japan’s wave of governance reform is welcomed, and isn’t over yet
Abenomics—or “Japan’s Revitalisation Strategy”—is awakening the concept of investor stewardship and focusing the minds of Japan’s corporate elite on how to improve governance standards.
GPIF, Japan’s pension fund, to probe external fund manager’s pay
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s largest pension fund, is to look at the link between pay and performance for external portfolio managers.
Japanese companies face call for rapid improvement on ESG
The chief investment officer of the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan calls on companies to make the country the most improved market on ESG measures.
Origins of investor stewardship and the Japan code
Abenomics brought a host of changes to Japan, not least the introduction of a new stewardship code for investors. The code is now being updated with new guidance, explains Kerrie Waring of the ICGN.