How co-secs and corporate governance professionals can help boards get to grips with artificial intelligence.

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

As climate is officially a ‘material risk’, a report warns that Japanese directors are legally bound to ‘act with due care’.

AI could change boardrooms to the extent that directors’ duties would change too, a panel of governance, technology and legal experts heard.

The startling sum of Elon Musk’s pay package may be beyond the orbit of other companies, but the governance principles are not.

The Institute of Directors foresees a move forward by the government, but whether this will follow previous proposals is unclear.

Building giant ISG goes into administration, highlighting the lack of progress on audit reform since Carillion’s collapse in 2018.

In a report on the Horizon inquiry, the Institute of Directors calls on all boards to ‘up their game in terms of tech and IT literacy’.

A focus on governance and getting the right advice can help steer the board through financial uncertainty and mitigate potential liability.

‘Our governance regime is an asset of UK plc,’ said the chief executive of the Chartered Governance Institute.