13 February, 2020
UK government set to implement mandatory TCFD reporting
The move to have UK companies report on climate-related risks using guidelines from the Task Force on Climate-related Fina...
15 January, 2020
BlackRock CEO letter issues warning on sustainability disclosures
Boards and directors have been placed on notice that the world’s biggest fund manager will vote against if they fail to adapt to making sustainability disclosures. The warning to act or lose the ...
13 December, 2019
Survey launches to reveal boardroom risk thinking
The Board Agenda Leadership in Risk Management Survey has been launched today in partnership with Maza...
13 December, 2019
UK CEOs ‘not incentivised’ to focus on their environmental impact
Are chief executives rewarded for tackling the climate crisis? Not in the UK it seems. In fact, far from it. Research from remuneration experts at Vlerick Business School in Ghent has found that UK...
2 December, 2019
Integrating climate reporting is key to effective risk management
As we approach the UN climate conference, COP25, in Madrid, the urgency of tackling climate change is greater than ever. As more businesses become aware of the need to act and report on climate risk, ...
25 October, 2019
New UK stewardship code puts focus on investor engagement
Investor engagement with boards and companies is set to come under much closer scrutiny following the release of a new stewardship code by the UK’s watchdog for corporate reporting and governance. ...
23 October, 2019
TCFD summit confirms climate risk should be your board’s priority
The recent global summit of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) made it clear that companies will increasingly be subject to challenge on management of climate risk by regula...
3 January, 2019
Sustainability, creating value & the role of the board
When the experts sat down to write the UK’s new Corporate Governance Code earlier this year, they drafted a critical first principle. The role of the board is to “promote the long-term sustainable...
7 June, 2018
