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NEWS: Sustainability assurance, 5 February, 2025
Big Four firms’ success threatens sustainability assurance choice
Clients’ preference for a Big Four firm may restrict the market and disadvantage challenger firms, finds the FRC.
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NEWS: Audit reform, 4 February, 2025
Failure to reform audit could hit taxpayers’ pockets
When large firms go bust, ‘the British public pays the price’ in bailouts, job losses and disruption, warns professor.
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NEWS: Chief executives, 31 January, 2025
CEO turnover at record global high
Figures show a steep rise in chief executives moving on in 2024, many prompted by the challenges of AI and investor activism.
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NEWS: Governance, 30 January, 2025
News round-up: this week in governance
Scottish accountants speak up for audit reform; US companies face a growing Trump to-do list; French NGOs support EU sustainability rules.
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NEWS: International business, 29 January, 2025
OECD looks to Ukraine’s future corporate governance
Despite the war, Ukraine is reforming its economy to meet international standards, but has some way to go.
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NEWS: Sustainability reporting rules, 27 January, 2025
France calls for a halt on EU sustainability disclosure laws
The French government seeks ‘indefinite postponement’ of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
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NEWS: Dual-class shares, 24 January, 2025
Opposition to dual-class share structures ‘set to grow’
Asset owners are adopting tactics to sanction the use of dual-class voting, according to a report on changing policies.
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INSIGHT: Risk management, 24 January, 2025
Are you ready for the speed of business change?
Boards that fail to properly prepare for the coming changes in the global business environment are unlikely to survive them.
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NEWS: Governance, 23 January, 2025
News round-up: this week in governance
Business more ‘ethical and competent’ than media or government; Entain audit probe; ethical leadership; climate reporting.
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NEWS: Climate reporting rules, 21 January, 2025
US targets EU sustainability reporting
A member of Congress declares European rules on disclosure are ‘foreign regulation that puts America last’.
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NEWS: Sustainability reporting rules, 21 January, 2025
Debate intensifies over sustainability reporting rules
As the EU readies its simplified directive to combine the CSRD and CSDDD, Germany warns of ‘bureaucratic burden’.
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NEWS: Governance, 17 January, 2025
News round-up: this week in governance
CEO activism and DEI policies; FRC backs 'proportionality' in corporate governance; concern over changes to US AGMs.
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NEWS: Diversity, equity and inclusion, 17 January, 2025
UK firms urged to continue support for diversity and inclusion
In a trend ‘deeply concerning’ to some, a number of major US firms, including Walmart and McDonald’s, plan to scale back their DEI practices.
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NEWS: Audit standards, 15 January, 2025
Initiative set to create ethical culture standards for audit firms
The project will use a ‘global framework’ for standards to improve ethics, resilience and sustainability, says ethics body the IESBA.
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NEWS: Audit reform, 14 January, 2025
‘Uncertainty’ remains over audit reform
The Institute of Directors foresees a move forward by the government, but whether this will follow previous proposals is unclear.
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NEWS: Governance, 10 January, 2025
News round-up: this week in governance
AI 'unlikely' to reduce audit fees; EU sustainability law ‘won’t change corporate behaviour’; US disclosure dismay; zombie firms.
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NEWS: Diversity, equity and inclusion , 10 January, 2025
Political pressure affects US diversity metrics
In the face of strong right-wing opposition, DEI is still a key measure used in executive pay schemes, research finds.
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NEWS: CEO turnover, 9 January, 2025
Sacking a CEO can ‘harm a board director’s career’
Forcing out an underperforming chief executive may not be the governance ‘boss move’ that boards think it is, research finds.
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NEWS: Executive pay, 6 January, 2025
Pay gap is ‘storing up some big problems’
Top CEOs earn in only a few days what the average full-time UK worker earns in a year, according to the High Pay Centre thinktank.
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COMMENT: 2025 Outlook, 6 January, 2025
What can boards hope for in 2025?
We asked key figures to let us in on their expectations for the coming year, and reveal their wishlist for boards for 2025.