This year saw the climate crisis accepted as a board-level issue, audit reviews, a UK election and a new focus on human rights and business purpose.

The next government must increase the accountability of the corporate governance system to society and encourage a focus on long-term, sustainable business.

The framework aims to guide companies and lawmakers towards policies and practices that help “profitably solve the problems of people and planet”.

The Tory manifesto is light on governance pledges compared with the detailed—and sometimes controversial—proposals from Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell reveals proposals for supervisory boards, a pay ratio limit of 20:1 and delisting firms that fail to tackle climate change.