News
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NEWS: Climate disclosures, 19 April, 2024
Investors must use ‘unreliable’ climate data
Corporate climate disclosures are ‘inconsistent’ and the resulting data limited, according to a report by a global investment association.
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NEWS: Governance, 18 April, 2024
Ex-Royal Mail chair insists he gave appropriate attention to Post Office
Speaking at the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, Allan Leighton was refuting a suggestion of ‘overboarding’.
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NEWS: Executive pay, 15 April, 2024
Executive pay debate intensifies with proxy advisors in the firing line
Big pharma chair Michel Demaré points to proxy advisors as cause of block on higher pay while more FTSE 100 companies plan boost to packages.
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NEWS: Governance, 12 April, 2024
News round-up: governance this week
Proxy advisors challenge pay deal; due diligence directive enforcement needs to be pragmatic; watchdog pauses US climate risk reporting.
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NEWS: Audit reform, 11 April, 2024
Reform audit ‘payment model’, academic argues
Dirk Beerbaum writes the Wirecard scandal underlines the need to confront the 'inherent' conflicts of interest caused by companies paying the auditors who police their financial reporting.
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NEWS: AGM season, 9 April, 2024
Pension fund savers value votes against directors
Survey finds that majority of savers believe shareholder votes enable 'strong' corporate goverance.
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NEWS: Chair independence, 8 April, 2024
Splitting CEO and chair jobs becomes proxy season feature
Activists argue combining CEO and chair roles creates 'inherent conflict of interest'.
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INSIGHT: Board expertise, 5 April, 2024
Twelve steps to the top as a non-executive director
Here are a dozen things to consider for candidates ready to take the step up to the boardroom as a non-exec.
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NEWS: Governance, 5 April, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
Financial services pay gap; US corporates and ‘political posturing’; are liberal CEOs better in a crisis?; the rule of law is in ‘recession’.
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INSIGHT: Reputation management, 5 April, 2024
Ignore reputation at your peril
Corporate reputation is critical, yet 67% of board directors fail to speak up in the face of entirely foreseeable crises.
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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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NEWS: Activist investors, 2 April, 2024
Disney gains ground against activist investors
BlackRock and T Rowe’s reported support of the entertainment company may be giving it the edge ahead of its AGM.
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NEWS: Governance, 29 March, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
Investors support need for ESG policy; revised reporting standards; call for ARGA; US climate debate hots up; a big bath on earnings.
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NEWS: Non-Executive Director Awards, 28 March, 2024
Non-Executive Director Awards 2024: Winners playing a ‘pivotal’ role in their organisations
This year’s accolades celebrated exceptional non-executive directors, whether they are a ‘safe pair of hands’ or ‘a magician’.
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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
News round-up: this week in governance
Sustainability reporting assurance is on the cards; leaders gain status through humility; the biggest bonuses; older CEOs cut less carbon.
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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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NEWS: Cybercrime, 20 March, 2024
Most businesses ‘vulnerable to or at high risk’ of cybercrime
A mere 13% of firms are ‘resilient’ to cyber-attack or disruption from AI-powered assaults, research reveals.