Governance

1. NEWS: Governance, 23 September, 2021

   Company law ‘should place purpose at the centre of business’

   Report from the British Academy calls for new regulatory powers that would enable watchdogs to hold directors to account.

2. NEWS: Regulation, 20 September, 2021

   Dual-class shares ‘would enhance investor protection’

   Allowing dual-class shares on London’s premium market would provide a “higher level of regulatory protections” for minority shareholders, says Min Yan.

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   INSIGHT: Legislation, 20 September, 2021

   What boards need to know about sanctions risk and legislation

   The forced diversion of a Ryanair flight has put sanctions on the news agenda. Boards should be aware of the risks and legislation.

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   INSIGHT: Research, 20 September, 2021

   Covid causes fall in CEO pay—but excessive earnings remain an issue

   The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a reduction in overall CEO pay levels. Is this an opportunity for further equalisation of pay ratios?

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   INSIGHT: Governance, 17 September, 2021

   How resilience reporting could help firms meet future challenges

   Boards face a formidable piece of new work as the government pushes forward with reforms to corporate reporting.

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   INSIGHT: Directors, 13 September, 2021

   Board networks: who you know contributes to what you know

   Each link in a boardroom network can facilitate both learning from the rest of the network and information diffusion to the network.

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   NEWS: Governance, 13 September, 2021

   Academic warns that ‘good’ corporations are bad for democracy

   So called 'good' corporations have “not actually changed, at least not in terms of their legal mandates”, claims Joel Bakan.

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   NEWS: Reporting, 8 September, 2021

   FRC calls on companies to provide more detailed climate disclosures

   The UK reporting watchdog says many disclosures do not include information on how energy use and emissions are calculated.

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   NEWS: CEO pay, 7 September, 2021

   Europe sees 18% increase in shareholder revolts on executive pay

   Spain saw the greatest opposition to remuneration-related resolutions, with 60.6% contested—an increase of 33.2% year on year.

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   NEWS: Regulation, 3 September, 2021

   Introduction of dual-class shares could create ‘unsackable CEOs’

   “Making directors irremovable, for any length of time, will damage British innovation and damage corporate governance" says Oxford law expert.

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   NEWS: Stakeholders, 1 September, 2021

   US corporates ‘should do more’ to help environment and low-paid workers

   Respondents to a recent US poll say a more “evolved” form of capitalism is needed to better reflect the interests of stakeholders.

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    NEWS: Research, 1 September, 2021

    Audit committees ‘lose independence’ the longer they serve

    Study finds committees in troubled firms have fewer female members, more outside directorships, greater shareholdings and longer tenures.

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