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NEWS: Board skills, 6 November, 2020
Digital expertise in the boardroom ‘improves company performance’
Study finds positive association between board-level digital expertise and company success, including the use of new tech in business models.
NEWS: Strategy, 5 November, 2020
Dividend payouts set to resume after pandemic-related cuts
Analysts predict UK firms are likely to pay out £32.7bn in dividends between now and June 2021—although many boards are debating the ethics.
NEWS: Corporate governance, 3 November, 2020
Brussels pushes ahead with project for new European governance
Consultation adds new obligations on human rights and stakeholder interests to a raft of measures encouraging long-term value creation.
NEWS: Disclosures, 30 October, 2020
BlackRock backs global sustainability reporting standards
The fund manager says investors and corporates need common and comparable data, amid IFRS consultation on global sustainability reporting.
NEWS: Integrated reporting, 30 October, 2020
Sustainability in spotlight at IIRC Global Conference
This year’s IIRC Global Conference will be held online, enabling it to reach a wider audience in a year that has made integrated reporting more relevant than ever.
NEWS: Remuneration, 28 October, 2020
Executive gender pay gap diminishes over time—but doesn’t disappear
Study shows up to half the initial pay gap for female executives is eroded over the first six years of tenure, but a “residual gap” persists.
NEWS: Legislation, 28 October, 2020
Governance experts call for US Stakeholder Capitalism Act
The proposed Act would give directors and investors revised fiduciary duties “that extend beyond responsibility for financial return”.
INSIGHT: Board expertise, 27 October, 2020
Leadership in wicked times
Wicked problems involve complex dynamics and are seemingly impossible to solve effectively. They require new leadership approaches.
NEWS: Research, 26 October, 2020
Legal CSR measures are ‘fraught with conceptual contradictions’
There is growing global enthusiasm for corporate social responsibility (CSR). But a new study says legislation can bring its own problems.
NEWS: Sustainable business, 23 October, 2020
Harvard experts slam EU report on long-term strategic thinking
European Commission study contains “deep flaws”, conflates key factors and “touts cures” that could be “counterproductive”, academics warn.