Many fear for their jobs and are concerned about the US presidential election, US-China relations and keeping up with AI, research reveals.

The pandemic has underlined the importance of sustainable investing to global progress on ESG and stakeholder governance.

As Trump leaves the White House, tough questions remain about whether CEOs should take a stand on political issues.

Digitalisation, diversity, risk and resilience are just some of the governance issues set to dominate the corporate landscape in 2021.

While the Covid-19 pandemic dominated the 2020 news agenda, it also put a host of other corporate governance issues in the spotlight.

The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris puts the spotlight on US corporate governance and the way businesses are run.

The US Department of Labor has proposed new rules that could undermine the ability of proxy advisers to vote on non-financial issues such as ESG.

Is the shift to stakeholder primacy real—or a PR exercise? Plus change at the top for the Institute of Directors; confirmation of the Biden–Harris ticket; and bad news for ESG.

Bosses in the top 350 US companies have seen their remuneration rise by 14%, with the ratio of CEO pay to average US worker income now 320:1.

Joe Biden says shareholder primacy must end; Kamala Harris has spoken out on diversity and equal pay. US businesses should be prepared for change.