9 March, 2020
EcoDa warns that sustainability standardisation ‘promotes box-ticking’
The European Union is attempting to improve non-financial reporting, but it has already received a warning. Indeed, officials have been told that standardisation of company information and metrics pri...
4 March, 2020
Covid-19: UK business institutions and advisers set out likely impact
The urgency over coronavirus is ramping up. The Bank of England, the Treasury, regulators and professional bodies have all either issued reassurances about their response to Covid-19, or warnings abou...
25 February, 2020
Bank of England economist Andy Haldane enters stakeholder debate
When a central banker talks about an issue, it has for all intents and purposes hit the mainstream. This week, the Bank of England’s chief economist Andy Haldane began to talk about the need to shif...
21 February, 2020
UK watchdog to review companies’ climate reporting
Like it or not, the climate-risk reporting of UK companies is about to come under close scrutiny. This week the UK’s corporate reporting watchdog, the
19 February, 2020
Mergers under scrutiny as competition regulator toughens stance
The focus on takeovers and their implications for competition have become a hot button issue in recent months. Indeed, investigations by competition regulators into proposed takeovers are on the rise,...
16 December, 2019
FRC is ‘working on a UK version of Sarbanes–Oxley’
In 2002, in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals, US lawmakers introduced stringent rules handing chief executives and finance directors legal responsibility for internal controls and better re...
20 November, 2019
Labour announces plans for UK corporate governance reforms
The UK’s general election campaign turned its focus on corporate governance this week, as the Labour Party announced its proposals for reform. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell gave a speech listi...
29 March, 2019
What boards need to know about whistleblowing
Big corporate scandals have made whistleblowing a headline topic. From Danske Bank to the Panama Papers, whistleblowers have thrown a spotlight on problematic behaviour. Politicians and regulators ...1 August, 2018
Governance briefs from around Europe
Brexit could boost European voices on UK boards — Europe European voices are to become an increasingly important part of UK boards post-Br...
1 August, 2018
