8 December, 2020
‘Future generations’ clause in section 172 could boost sustainability
Calls for companies to be more sustainable currently echo from many quarters. For the most part this is embodied in demands for new kinds of corporate reporting. However, academics looking at the prob...
18 November, 2020
The Secret NED: Clinton, company email and a confidentiality dilemma
“Is there a reason why you are not using your company email account for company business?” asked the company secretary one day soon after I had joined the board as a non-executive director. “...
28 October, 2020
Governance experts call for US Stakeholder Capitalism Act
The US debate over the future of capitalism continues to flare with a proposal for new legislation that would shift companies away from “shareholder primacy” and into the realm of “stakeholder g...
18 August, 2020
Worker directors: what to consider when appointing employees to boards
Growing regulatory support for large UK corporations to ensure employee interests are represented to and properly considered by their boards should spur organisations to consider whether "worker direc...
3 July, 2020
Companies Act duties ‘need testing in the courts’ to improve governance
New legislation will not be needed for corporate governance reform resulting from a move to a stakeholder capitalism model, says a leading academic. In an
8 June, 2020
How failed M&A can destroy a director’s credibility
Big mergers and acquisitions (M&As) make their first splash in the headlines based on the huge price tags attached to them. “Abbvie acquires Allergan, $63bn”, “United Technologies acquires R...
28 February, 2020
Company purpose and profit are not mutually exclusive
The past few years have seen a vivid international debate about the purpose of companies and the purport of their directors’ duties towards various stakeholder groups, pursued against the backdrop o...
11 September, 2019
