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NEWS: Governance, 19 April, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
Musk seeks to outwit shareholders; climate reporting rules criticised; AssetCo attracts proxy advisor attention; CSDDD before EU Parliament.
NEWS: Climate disclosures, 19 April, 2024
Investors must use ‘unreliable’ climate data
Corporate climate disclosures are ‘inconsistent’ and the resulting data limited, according to a report by a global investment association.
NEWS: Governance, 18 April, 2024
Ex-Royal Mail chair insists he gave appropriate attention to Post Office
Speaking at the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, Allan Leighton was refuting a suggestion of ‘overboarding’.
NEWS: Executive pay, 15 April, 2024
Executive pay debate intensifies with proxy advisors in the firing line
NEWS: Governance, 12 April, 2024
News round-up: governance this week
NEWS: Audit reform, 11 April, 2024
Reform audit ‘payment model’, academic argues
NEWS: AGM season, 9 April, 2024
Pension fund savers value votes against directors
NEWS: Chair independence, 8 April, 2024
Splitting CEO and chair jobs becomes proxy season feature
Interviews
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PODCAST: Global competitiveness
Competitiveness: what can Europe do to improve economic prospects?
An expert panel discuss their view of global trends for the business world in Board Agenda’s The Macro Memo podcast.
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INTERVIEW: Sustainability
Alison Taylor: ‘Business can do the right thing’
Taylor is optimistic that better leadership can enable purpose and sustainability to go beyond tackling reputational and regulatory risk.
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PODCAST: Inflation and interest rates
2024 uncertainties: inflation, interest rates, trade wars and skills shortages
An expert panel discuss their view of global trends for the business world in Board Agenda’s The Macro Memo podcast.
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WEBINAR: Boardroom decision-making
Automated boardroom decision-making will ‘always need humans’
Despite the growth in data analytics and AI, human intervention will always be essential, a recent webinar heard.
Board Moves
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Board moves, 17 April, 2024
ASOS appoints Christine Cross
An experienced non-executive director, Cross will join the board of the online fashion retailer and chair its remuneration committee.
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Board moves, 4 April, 2024
Greggs appoints Tamara Rogers to board
Haleon’s chief marketing officer will join the high street food retailer as a non-executive director on 1 June this year.
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Board moves, 27 March, 2024
Vanquis announces board changes
Karen Briggs, Oliver Laird and Jackie Noakes have all joined the banking group’s board as non-executive directors from today.
Regulation
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NEWS: Climate disclosures, 19 April, 2024
Investors must use ‘unreliable’ climate data
Corporate climate disclosures are ‘inconsistent’ and the resulting data limited, according to a report by a global investment association.
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INSIGHT: Governance, 16 April, 2024
What will the 2024 US proxy season bring?
Recent rule changes and the ongoing ESG debate will mean increased complications for most US public companies.
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NEWS: Climate risk reporting, 4 April, 2024
Climate risk disclosures show shortfall
Sustainability reporting reveals gap between companies affected and those who say boards take care of climate risk, OECD finds.
Partner Contributions
NEWS: Technology
Boards are ‘inundated with data’ and face growing compliance risks
NEWS: Webinar
Collaboration is key to UK energy transition
NEWS: Webinar
Boards on their ESG journey still have some way to go
INSIGHT: Internal investigations