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    • News round-up: this week in governance

      EY caught cheating; paying NEDs; Disney supports Chapek's stand on LGBQT rights; reporting on US...

    • Corporate world urged to show its ‘ethical credentials’

      The public perception of ethical standards in companies has improved little, a survey by the...

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      Pay and incentives are ‘just one part’ of creating the right culture to boost ESG...

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      5 reasons for boards to implement a whistleblowing solution

      The right policy and reporting channel for whistleblowing increases awareness and offers protection. But the...

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      Into the mind of white-collar criminals

      It is estimated that high-level fraud costs the global economy over US$5trn every year. What...

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      5 topics to improve the effectiveness of your board

      How many board meetings result in real progress for your company? Make sure these discussion...

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      The 30-year itch: time to ditch the UK Corporate Governance Code

      Now that governance has come of age, businesses should be able to innovate within the...

    • notebook on boardroom table The UK needs a code of conduct for company directors

      A formal code of conduct for company directors would signal their willingness to apply high...

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      It is easy to see the tragic situation unfolding in Ukraine in terms of a...

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      Identifying and categorising crises, and developing a methodology to deal with them, can help boards...

    • Sir Donald Brydon Sir Donald Brydon on audit reform, career NEDs and board relationships

      While bemoaning the "glacial" pace of audit reform, he hails the pandemic's transformation of communication...

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    • A group of diverse job candidates Diversity business case arguments may deter job candidates

      Performance-based and fairness-based arguments confirm that social identities "are a lens through which contributions will...

    • Directors waiting for an interview Gender diversity warning for FTSE All-Share Index

      Report from Women on Boards and Protiviti reveals half of FTSE All Share companies outside...

    • A group of directors in a boardroom Women take 54% of FTSE 350 board roles but fail to win ‘top jobs’

      Just 19% of chair, chief executive, chief financial officer or senior independent director roles went...

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Delta Alpha Psi Professional & Advisory Services

Delta Alpha Psi uses the science of psychology to help leaders get the best out of diversity in their organisations. We do this by working with majority and minority groups and applying the latest behavioural sciences research, to disrupt barriers to sustainable inclusive cultures.

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The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is a partnership between UNEP and the global financial sector to mobilise private sector finance for sustainable development. UNEP FI works with more than 300 members—banks, insurers and investors—and over 100 supporting institutions to help create a financial sector that serves people and planet while delivering positive impacts. We aim to inspire, inform and enable fin

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Convene is a secure digital meeting platform and app, used by boards and senior managers in over 70 countries.

Convene was built as an in-house solution at Azeus Systems LTD, in order to deal with paper waste at our own board meetings. Using two decades of software-engineering expertise, we developed a solution that is easy to use and makes managing meetings environmentally sustainable.

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The go-to bank governance data platform for accurate, context-rich bank benchmarking reports. Carefully checked data and quality analysis is why we are a leader in bank corporate governance support.

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Diligent Corporation, which was founded in 2001, is headquartered in New York, NY with a European HQ in London. Diligent’s modern governance platform empowers leaders and teams at every level of the organisation to digitally transform and create positive change enabling them to stay connected, informed and ahead of the curve. Diligent offers three main solutions which streamline day-to-day governance workflows, enables secure collaboratio

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The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions.

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The INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre undertakes cutting-edge research and teaching tailored to the needs of boards. It is a new programme designed to foster a global dialogue on the challenges facing board members in an international context.

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The Prince’s Responsible Business Network works with business to tackle a wide range of issues that are essential to building a fairer society and a more sustainable future.

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Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, a business line of Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ), provides an integrated suite of market intelligence, communications, workflow and collaboration solutions for corporate executives and boards to nearly 18,000 corporate clients. The product suite comprises products that support investor relations, corporate communications and corporate governance

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At EY, we are committed to building a better working world – with increased trust and confidence in business, sustainable growth, development of talent in all its forms, and greater collaboration.

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Founded in 2000, Brainloop is a leading provider of highly secure Corporate Governance and Collaboration Solutions for managing confidential information and sharing documents internally and externally.

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We believe that in today’s fast-moving and highly uncertain world, successful businesses are those able to deliver long-term value to the people around them – stakeholders. When stakeholders are heard, inspired and engaged, businesses are understood, trusted and supported. They perform better.

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Established in 1995 as an investor-led organisation, the International Corporate Governance Network’s mission is to promote effective standards of corporate governance and investor stewardship to advance efficient markets and sustainable economies worldwide.

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Better Boards is an independent consultancy that specialises in developing executive and governing boards, and executives who work with boards or aspire to a board position.

Financial Reporting Council Industry body
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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) promotes high quality corporate governance and reporting to foster investment. We promote high standards of corporate governance through the UK Corporate Governance Code, and encourage engagement between investors and Boards through the Stewardship Code.

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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) is a leading provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions for broker-dealers, banks, mutual funds and other corporations.

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Mazars is a leading international audit, tax and advisory firm, aspiring to build the economic foundations of a fair and prosperous world. Operating as a united partnership, Mazars works as one integrated team, leveraging expertise, scale and cultural understanding to deliver exceptional and tailored services in audit and accounting, as well as tax, financial advisory, consulting and legal services (where permitted under applicable country

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The European Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa) is a not-for-profit association founded in December 2004 under the laws of Belgium.

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Morrow Sodali is a leading provider of strategic advice and shareholder services to corporate clients around the world.

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives.

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Business is a global force contributing to the development and prosperity of our society. But is the corporation adequately equipped and structured to deal with the challenges of our future?

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The SustainAbility Institute is ERM’s primary platform for thought leadership on sustainability. The purpose of the Institute is to define, accelerate and scale sustainability performance by developing actionable insights for business.

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The Working Group is composed of five independent experts of balanced geographical representation. Collectively, these experts bring diverse skills and experience on the advancement of business respect for human rights across a wide range of countries, issues and sectors.

International Platform on Sustainable Finance Industry body

The platform is a forum for dialogue between policymakers, with the overall aim of increasing the amount of private capital being invested in environmentally sustainable investments.

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