Governance
NEWS: Executive pay, 8 July, 2025
Rise in FTSE 100 investors voting against high pay deals
Voting revolts against remuneration reports have more than doubled among the annual general meetings held so far this season.
NEWS: Directors' duties, 7 July, 2025
Minister pours cold water on bid to reform directors’ duties
MP responds in Commons debate about changing section 172 of the Companies Act to include environment and employees.
NEWS: Governance, 4 July, 2025
News round-up: this week in governance
UK consults on sustainability reporting; ICGN chief warns against diluting shareholder rights; LSE listings low: will AstraZeneca move to US?
NEWS: Directors' duties, 4 July, 2025
Directors’ duties up for parliamentary debate
MP’s private member’s bill seeks to add duties to section 172 of the Companies Act in respect of the environment and employees.
NEWS: Sustainability reporting rules, 2 July, 2025
200 organisations protest at diluting sustainability reporting rules
A letter signed by 200 high-profile organisations urges the EU to retain the 500+ employees threshold in the sustainability reporting directive.
INSIGHT: AGM season 2025, 1 July, 2025
Executive pay trends in 2025
Opposition to remuneration reports has grown sharply, according to Georgeson’s analysis of voting outcomes in the AGM season so far.
NEWS: Human rights, 1 July, 2025
Human rights cases against energy transition companies grow
Cases are mainly connected to ‘transition minerals’ mining, with others over wind power, hydropower and solar, research finds.
NEWS: Proxy advisers, 27 June, 2025
‘Non-neutral’ US rules on proxy advisers come under fire
New rules on voting advice based on non-financial factors ‘misrepresent’ proxies’ work, claims advisory firm’s UK lead.