Tag: responsible business
Sense in sustainability: the changing focus for boards
Boards are beginning to acknowledge that sustainability is no longer a siloed concept, but a crucial strategy that lies at the heart of responsible, profitable business, with long-term rewards for both stakeholders and society.
Governance reform proposals ‘took the easy line’, says City grandee
Standard Life Aberdeen chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone takes aim at the government’s executive pay policy, calling for “radicalism” not “incrementalism”.
Takeover Panel moves to protect British-based R&D with tougher rules
Regulatory body The Takeover Panel sets out plans to introduce more transparency in pledges made by parties involved in a takeover, a move flagged by the Conservatives in their 2017 manifesto.
Risk: Why boards need a collective mindset
Handling risk should not be viewed as the domain of a boardroom “expert” but as an area for collective decision-making, where everyone recognises there is no such thing as certainty.
King IV on corporate governance: a product of African soil
The highly respected King reports lead global thinking on corporate governance. The most recent report drops the “apply or explain” principle for “apply and explain”—a significant change born of an effort to transform African economies.
Why every board should care about their working carers
With at least one in nine employees in the average UK workforce being a carer for a loved one, boards should value and support these employee carers—or risk losing them, which impacts upon business and society.
Recommendations to rethink UK corporate governance
During the government’s consultation period on corporate governance reform, a series of events in London enabled discussion of a governance model fit for the 21st century. Filip Gregor and Jeroen Veldman summarise the key conclusions.
Improve executive behaviour with better board education
Everyone wants executive behaviour to improve. But the solution cannot just be to increase regulation—the answer lies in better managerial education and audacious corporate governance reform.
Digital revolution: how business can address the impact
The digital and technology revolution is a force for good in society, but we must all address the impending impact and any unintended consequences it may cause.
Directors must do more to restore public trust
If business is to restore public confidence and trust, then responsibility must fall with directors to communicate with society beyond company reporting, argues Irena Prijović of ecoDa.