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NEWS: Business reform, 14 March, 2024
Business leaders call for election promises on audit reform
The Institute of Directors’ ‘Manifesto for Business’ also seeks change to section 172 to promote company purpose.
NEWS: Executive pay, 13 March, 2024
Pay expert disputes case for higher executive pay
‘High equity-based pay should be an outcome, not an input,’ according to London School of Economics professor.
NEWS: Internal audit, 13 March, 2024
Industry body opens consultation on internal audit code of practice
Code addresses need for ‘robust, competent and appropriately resourced internal audit’, according to the Institute of Internal Auditors.
NEWS: Parker Review, 11 March, 2024
FTSE 250 warned to ‘review’ approach to ethnic minority target
Board representation in FTSE 100 has improved, but many listed firms are lagging behind, the Parker Review reveals.
NEWS: Climate disclosure, 8 March, 2024
SEC votes in new US climate risk disclosure rules
The US regulator-approved rules mean companies must make extensive new disclosure on “material” climate change risks.
NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 8 March, 2024
EU negotiates in bid to pass sustainability directive
After the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive vote was delayed, Belgium has come up with proposed revisions.
NEWS: Governance, 7 March, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
No parity for women on boards ‘before 2038’; Elon Musk’s stratospheric pay packet; how to avoid climate risk violations.
PODCAST: Global competitiveness, 5 March, 2024
Competitiveness: what can Europe do to improve economic prospects?
An expert panel discuss their view of global trends for the business world in Board Agenda’s The Macro Memo podcast.