Tag: CBI

How to prevent sexual misconduct in your organisation
Revelations about the CBI may be shocking, but there is no place for complacency and now is the time to speak up for ethics.

News round-up: this week in governance
Learning lessons from the CBI; US say-on-climate voting enthusiasm dims; calls for higher executive pay… and for pay restraint.

Dame Carolyn Fairbairn joins Tesco board
The former director-general of the CBI will become a non-executive director of the company in September this year.

Global warming: business on the front line
The IPCC’s stark warning about the rate of change needed to restrict global warming to no more than 1.5℃ intensifies the pressure on business.

Employee ownership: a help or hindrance to UK business?
The shadow chancellor has proposed a move towards 10% employee ownership, while the CBI director-general describes the plan as a “wilful misunderstanding of business”. How could this work in practice?

CBI: Brexit deal must avoid ‘cliff edge’ for financial services
Confederation of British Industry tells the UK chancellor that a Brexit deal which fails to include financial services is “like building a ship with no sails”.

James Wates to chair private company governance group
Coalition Group examining a bespoke new governance code for private companies is to be chaired by construction company boss James Wates.

Reputation of business improves since Brexit
The Confederation of British Industry finds that Brexit and young people have focused discussion on the role and reputation of business in society.

Revised UK Corporate Governance Code meets with broad welcome
Proposed new governance code broadly welcomed for emphasis on corporate culture and strengthening shareholders’ and workers’ voices, but there is a call for more to be done on executive pay.

FTSE 350 firms urged to increase gender diversity in leadership teams
Progress slows among the largest listed companies to achieve board gender diversity, while the broader leadership target extends to include all FTSE 350 companies.