Tag: Unilever
Executive pay revolts are on course to echo 2022
Investors’ dissent is predicted to remain high for this year’s AGM season, according to the register of shareholder revolts.
Two new NEDs for Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
Sharon Flood and Vikram Kumaraswamy will join the board as independent non-executive directors with effect from 17 May.
News round-up: this week in governance
Learning lessons from the CBI; US say-on-climate voting enthusiasm dims; calls for higher executive pay… and for pay restraint.
Companies lobby Brussels for due diligence unity
A letter to the European Union asks that definitions in the coming directive are consistent with guidelines from the UN and OECD.
Why nature is a business priority
With biodiversity loss affecting ecosystems and companies around the world, nature needs to have a seat at all boardroom tables today.
Unilever appoints new CEO
Hein Schumacher, who joined Unilever as a non-executive director in October last year, will replace Alan Jope as chief executive officer.
Board focus is essential to improving human rights
Companies that take human rights due diligence seriously tend to lead on the issue from the top, finds global benchmarking report.
News round-up: this week in governance
Ben & Jerry’s founders speak up, campaigners seek net zero clarity from the government, Cisco vote on tax transparency, CEOs ‘ready to move’.
Corporate efforts to define their ‘purpose’ fail to convince employees
Survey finds most staff believe their company has changed little or not at all since setting out a purpose.
Ben & Jerry’s governance tested in court
Unilever, owner of the ice cream brand, is in conflict with the governance legacy put in place by Ben & Jerry’s when it changed hands.