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Company secretaries lack trust in artificial intelligence

By Gavin Hinks  / June 13, 2025
Three-quarters of company secretaries worry about AI’s accuracy, according to a Chartered Governance Institute poll.
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    NEWS: AI and the board, 13 June, 2025

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    Three-quarters of company secretaries worry about AI’s accuracy, according to a Chartered Governance Institute poll.

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    NEWS: Governance, 13 June, 2025

    News round-up: this week in governance

    Mary Portas calls for better business; JD Sports hits out at short-term investors; water bonuses stopped; US citizens’ corporate priorities.

  • high pay

    NEWS: Executive pay, 12 June, 2025

    Shareholders vote against high pay

    Investor opposition to remuneration reports is growing, according to data from this year’s FTSE 350 AGM season.

  • INSIGHT: Geopolitical disruption, 10 June, 2025

    5 essential tenets for coping with global disruption

  • NEWS: AI governance, 9 June, 2025

    AI governance services set to rocket

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  • NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 4 June, 2025

    Companies adopt more than one framework for sustainability reporting

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    Interviews

    1. UK Corporate Governance Code

      NEWS: Board meetings

      Board meetings ‘are not up to scratch’

      Nearly three-quarters of board members believe the board’s performance in meetings needs improvement, an expert panel heard.

    2. financial sanctions

      NEWS: International business

      Tariffs chaos drives boardroom focus on resilience

      Business leaders will prioritise the resilience of their organisations in the face of economic upheaval caused by ever changing US policies on tariffs.

    3. ai boards

      NEWS: AI and the boardroom

      Corporate world has a ‘huge appetite’ for artificial intelligence

      AI could change boardrooms to the extent that directors’ duties would change too, a panel of governance, technology and legal experts heard.

    4. NEWS: Governance

      EU non-financial reporting reforms are an ‘opportunity’

      Firms can take advantage of the delayed implementation of CSRD and CSDDD to take stock and find out what’s required.

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    Board Moves

    1. Smith & Nephew board

      Board moves, 13 June, 2025

      Smith+Nephew appoint David King as a non-executive director

      King will join the board of the global medical technology company with effect from the beginning of next month.

    2. Hollywood Bowl

      Board moves, 10 June, 2025

      Asheeka Hyde joins Hollywood Bowl Group

      Hyde will take her place on the board as a non-executive director of the UK and Canada ten-pin bowling group later this month.

    3. young's pub

      Board moves, 5 June, 2025

      Young’s appoints John Dunsmore as a non-executive director

      Dunsmore will join the pub operator’s board next month, following the departure of senior independent director Nick Miller.

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    Regulation

    1. public markets

      INSIGHT: Public v private markets, 12 June, 2025

      How can we boost public markets?

      Growing companies need adequate liquidity, together with smart regulation and corporate governance that is not overly prescriptive.

    2. sustainability reporting

      NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 4 June, 2025

      Companies adopt more than one framework for sustainability reporting

      Organisations refer to different systems in tandem to prepare non-financial disclosures, ISS research shows.

    3. ESG journey

      NEWS: Stewardship, 4 June, 2025

      Updated UK stewardship code eschews mentioning ‘environment’

      In the light of consultation, the Financial Reporting Council has revised the code to cut ‘unnecessary reporting’ and improve engagement.

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    The evolution of boards and of the skills they require is gathering pace, according to a Non-Executive Director Awards webinar.
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    Boards are ‘inundated with data’ and face growing compliance risks

    Organisations are struggling to achieve the data literacy that would empower their decision-making, new survey reveals.
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    NEWS: Webinar

    Companies face challenges over ESG reporting requirements

    Corporates with an international presence need to understand the incoming disclosure demands from regulators, a webinar panel agreed.
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    Collaboration is key to UK energy transition

    Communication, innovation and engagement are needed for the move to net zero, an expert panel recently concluded.

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    As Canada responds to the tariff conditions set by the US, companies need to take a rapid and agile approach to governance.[...]
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    CEO succession: what boards can learn from Warren Buffett

    The billionaire investor is handing the reins to Greg Abel, after a long, strategic succession plan, based on value, culture and continuity.[...]
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    Act now to close the gender pay gap

    This month, it is 55 years since the Equal Pay Act, yet pay inequality persists. It is time for boards to push for cultural transformation.[...]
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    INSIGHT: Reputational risk

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    There are patterns to business crises, meaning boards can anticipate reputation threats across the stages of company growth.[...]
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    COMMENT: Modern slavery

    Why boards need to tackle modern slavery

    Still prevalent in organisations and supply chains, the crime of modern slavery poses a material risk to business.[...]
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    With global geopolitical tensions on an unprecedented scale, disrupting markets and data, how can governance oversight function?[...]
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    Businesses are rushing to adopt artificial intelligence, in spite of ‘limited understanding’ of the governance risks entailed.[...]
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