ESG
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INSIGHT: Governance, 16 April, 2024
What will the 2024 US proxy season bring?
Recent rule changes and the ongoing ESG debate will mean increased complications for most US public companies.
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NEWS: Climate risk reporting, 4 April, 2024
Climate risk disclosures show shortfall
Sustainability reporting reveals gap between companies affected and those who say boards take care of climate risk, OECD finds.
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INSIGHT: Sustainability reporting, 3 April, 2024
How to address ESG double materiality
Sustainability reporting now includes both internal and external environmental risks and opportunities: here’s how to tackle it.
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INSIGHT: ESG investment, 29 March, 2024
Why are firms avoiding ESG innovation?
Research in South Africa highlights the need for board-level involvement in order for ESG to move beyond risk mitigation.
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NEWS: Sustainability, 27 March, 2024
Many boards fail to understand directors’ duties on sustainability
Directors and senior executives feel they are ill-prepared for incoming ESG regulations, Sustainability Board survey reveals.
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NEWS: Legal and regulatory, 25 March, 2024
Opposition to dual-class shares resumes
Proposals to lessen the restrictions on dual-class shares are again met with investor protests over board accountability.
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NEWS: Governance, 21 March, 2024
C-suite and non-executive directors’ views ‘not aligned’
Boardroom opinion is divided over key values and central issues, according to a global board governance survey.
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COMMENT: Executive pay, 18 March, 2024
US compensation levels are no straight solution to UK CEO pay
Executive pay policy needs to be viewed through the lens of the UK’s economic growth challenges and cost-of-living crisis.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NEWS: Climate disclosure, 5 March, 2024
US regulator to vote on new climate disclosure rules
The level of materiality in the new regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission remains to be seen.
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NEWS: CEO appointments, 1 March, 2024
Filling top CEO roles externally is on the rise
Survey also shows poor progress on diversity, with chief executive appointments being almost exclusively white and male.
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NEWS: Executive pay, 28 February, 2024
Fund managers urge caution over executive pay
‘There needs to be clear alignment between pay and performance,’ writes the Investment Association in an open letter.
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COMMENT: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, 28 February, 2024
A fragmented future for sustainability in Europe?
As the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive stalls, we must navigate a more complex and costly ESG landscape.
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NEWS: Gender diversity, 27 February, 2024
Women fill more board roles, but fewer are CEOs
Although female representation at board level has improved, most chief executives are men, annual survey reveals.
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COMMENT: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, 26 February, 2024
One key move that will boost corporate sustainability
An efficient mechanism for hearing complaints and redressing grievances is a powerful tool for governance and human rights due diligence.
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NEWS: Sustainability due diligence, 22 February, 2024
Campaigners push for progress on due diligence law
Germany urged to rethink its stance on the recently delayed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.