MP responds in Commons debate about changing section 172 of the Companies Act to include environment and employees.

MP’s private member’s bill seeks to add duties to section 172 of the Companies Act in respect of the environment and employees.

Its aim is to help foster ‘a culture of responsible risk taking and effective governance’ and enhance trust in UK business.

Amending section 172 of the Companies Act would empower leaders to align the interests of profits and planet.

Sir Keir Starmer has committed the Labour administration to ‘service’: by rights, that should include improving business ethics.

Directors and senior executives feel they are ill-prepared for incoming ESG regulations, Sustainability Board survey reveals.

Business responsibility; the rise of greenhushing; getting to the bottom of dual-class share structures; CEOs; Sir Win Bischoff (1941-2023).

Push continues to reform company directors’ duties so that they embrace a wider circle of stakeholders.

Report from the British Academy calls for new regulatory powers that would enable watchdogs to hold directors to account.

Directors have a “fiduciary duty” to consider climate change risks, say experts—but legal action is unlikely unless enforcement is beefed up.