25 May, 2018
How business can recognise the true value of people and communities
We need to fundamentally change how we recognise the true value of business. Today only 20% of the market capitalisation of companies can be explained by financial assets like cash or real estate. ...
16 May, 2018
Why boards should be clear about long-term value
Boards are under pressure to demonstrate their commitment to long-term value creation and show how they are delivering it in a balanced way, within a framework that measures their success. Politicians...
20 February, 2018
Belgium drafts revised corporate governance code
The public consultation for a revised Belgian corporate governance code, which will account for changes in the market and regulations, will draw to a close at the end of this month (February). So f...
19 February, 2018
Integrated reporting the focus for ICGN-IIRC gathering
Companies must go further than historical financial performance and look to “integrated reporting” as a means to help investors fully understand risks and opportunities, according to the chief exe...
5 February, 2018
Dutch corporate governance committee calls for more shareholder activism
Shareholders should have a more active role to ensure better long-term value creation in organisations, according to the Dutch government’s monitoring committee. In its report on the implementati...
22 January, 2018
Twenty-five years of the UK Corporate Governance Code
On December 17, 2010, Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor, set fire to himself in protest at being harassed by the police in the provincial Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid. In this act of de...
8 December, 2017
UK’s draft new governance code has a social mission
There were no big condemnations, no one cried foul; the release of the F...
9 November, 2017
A leading role for the future: Robert Swannell, M&S
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8 November, 2017
Non-execs need the right skills for effective integrated reporting
It is a clear expectation that board members are financially literate and any board using a skills matrix will encapsulate this in some way. But what about an understanding of value beyo...
3 November, 2017
