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Engagement, 16 April, 2019
Shareholders focus attention on diversity and climate
ESG issues such as diversity and climate are becoming critical issues for shareholder engagement, according to a report from Legal and General Investment Management.
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Strategy, 15 April, 2019
The changing face of activism
Comment: A report suggests that activist investors are softening their approach as they increasingly target European companies. So who are they targeting and what can boards do to prepare?
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Leadership, 5 April, 2019
Boardroom lessons from Brexit
Comment: Negotiations to leave the EU have proved enormously complex and have exposed major fault lines in British politics. But the process has also been instructive about the challenges and principles of leadership. Our commentators discuss the lessons they take from events so far.
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Finance, 4 April, 2019
What impact investments mean for boards
Latest figures from the Global Impact Investing Network indicate significant growth in impact investing, with women and millennials credited with driving the trend.
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NED Awards, 2 April, 2019
Winners revealed of Non-Executive Awards
RELX Group chair Sir Anthony Habgood named FTSE 100 Non-Executive Director of the Year while Dianne Walker hailed as the Dame Helen Alexander NED to Watch.
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Reporting, 1 April, 2019
More work needed on workforce disclosures
A report from the Workforce Disclosure Initiative shows that while the volume of reporting on worker issues is up, the quality remains variable.
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Corporate culture, 29 March, 2019
Nissan’s governance report is a warning for all boards
Comment: The special committee's investigation into governance issues highlighted by the Carlos Ghosn affair reveals a corporate culture that allowed the "concentration of authority" in the CEO and a board that felt unable to ask the necessary questions.
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Remuneration, 26 March, 2019
MPs call on regulator to get tough on executive pay
Commons committee report says the new Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority should be given the tools to clamp down on companies that "behave unreasonably on executive pay".
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Politics, 20 March, 2019
US corporates open up on political donations
As the 2020 US presidential elections approach, political donations are a hot topic for companies and their customers—and a potential source of reputational risk.
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Tesla, 14 March, 2019
How should a board manage a maverick CEO?
Elon Musk is in further trouble with US regulators over a tweet. His behaviour raises big questions for chairs elsewhere forced to manage mercurial chief executives.
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