As the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive stalls, we must navigate a more complex and costly ESG landscape.

Low fee increases over the past five years mean non-executive directors’ pay rises have dropped below inflation, survey shows.

The 2023 AGM season revealed that executive pay and long-term incentive awards are hot issues for European company shareholders.

Resilience will be required to face a ‘poly-crisis’ of immediate and simultaneous risk issues, internal auditors believe.

AGM season review reveals that remuneration is still the topic that attracts most shareholder opposition in Europe.

Further signatories call for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive to meet UN and OECD standards.

From ESG and climate reporting to audit reform and board diversity, governance trends for the coming year predict a packed agenda.

Consultancy Alvarez & Marsal says 2022 will see a 10% boost in activism across Europe, with 148 companies at risk of targeting by activists.

Spain saw the greatest opposition to remuneration-related resolutions, with 60.6% contested—an increase of 33.2% year on year.

Survey reveals relationship between chief executives that intentionally target their company’s culture and company performance.