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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.
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NEWS: Governance, 3 January, 2025
News round-up: this week in governance
Sir Keir Starmer seeks governance ideas for growth; a step nearer 2030 for the climate agenda; BlackRock on board diversity.
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NEWS: Governance, 24 December, 2024
Governance in 2024: too much, or not enough?
In a year where London listings continued to fall, there were calls for higher CEO pay and a reduction in the ‘governance burden’.
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NEWS: Governance, 20 December, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
London’s listings head for New York; should whistleblowers in the UK be paid?; Lords debate diversity and inclusion in football.
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INTERVIEW: Board dynamics, 19 December, 2024
Psychologist Helen Hopper on the secret life of boards
Relationship rifts in the boardroom can seem entrenched but there are simple, practical ways that can help to heal them.
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NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 18 December, 2024
Government’s advisers endorse new UK sustainability reporting standards
Adopting IFRS S1 and S2 is a ‘crucial step in aligning UK businesses with global reporting practices’, according to regulators.
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NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 17 December, 2024
Campaigners lobby to keep EU sustainability reporting rules
Advocates call for ‘smart and easy implementation’ of the CSRD, saying political pressure reveals a ‘deregulatory agenda’.
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COMMENT: Modern slavery, 16 December, 2024
Why boards need to tackle modern slavery
Still prevalent in organisations and supply chains, the crime of modern slavery poses a material risk to business.
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NEWS: Governance, 13 December, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
CEOs should ‘be paid like footballers’; non-execs are no football shoo-in; US court overturns Nasdaq diversity rule; governance in Asia.
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NEWS: Shareholder rights, 11 December, 2024
Railpen ‘resists the race to the governance bottom’
The pension fund, one of the country’s largest, seeks to protect shareholders after the recent changes to UK listing rules.
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NEWS: UK board diversity, 10 December, 2024
UK board diversity among new directors falls
Only 4% of new director roles went to ethnic minority candidates, down from nearly 30% two years ago, latest figures show.
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PODCAST: International trade, 9 December, 2024
‘Don’t panic over US tariffs’
Other challenges—that affect every business—are more pressing, according to Board Agenda’s The Macro Memo podcast.
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NEWS: Governance, 6 December, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
Revolut chief says London listing is ‘not rational’; the US and new EU disclosure rules; Elon Musk pay case is ‘a cautionary tale’.
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NEWS: Audit market, 6 December, 2024
UK audit market shows signs of diversifying
There has been an increase—albeit small—in challenger audit firms’ share of the takings, according to FRC figures.
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NEWS: CEO pay, 3 December, 2024
Delaware court rejects Elon Musk’s pay appeal
The US judge’s January ruling against the Tesla board stands, highlighting the issue of corporate governance and compensation.
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NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 2 December, 2024
Boards struggle with CSRD ‘double materiality’ demands
A further challenge emerging from the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is accurate and thorough data collection, survey finds.
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NEWS: Governance, 29 November, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
Record audit fees; companies failing on sustainability risk reporting; Meta and other companies face 'underminers of democracy' claim.
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INVESTORS, 27 November, 2024
Proxy voting trends to watch in 2025
For AGMs in 2025 ESG will remain important; 'pass-through' voting will make its mark; retail investors are coming; enhanced engagement from issuers and GenAI is a 'game changer'.
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INSIGHT: Worker protection, 26 November, 2024
The board’s new duty to protect workers
Legal reforms, placing an emphasis on preventing worker harassment, have come into effect. What are the implications for directors?