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Executive pay, 15 April, 2024
Executive pay debate intensifies with proxy advisors in the firing line
Big pharma chair Michel Démaré points to proxy advisors as cause of block on higher pay while survey finds more FTSE 100 companies planning boost to executive remuneration packages.
NEWS: Governance, 12 April, 2024
News round-up: governance this week
Proxy advisors challenge pay deal, due diligence directive enforcement needs to be pragmatic, watchdog pauses US climate risk reporting.
Audit reform, 11 April, 2024
Reform audit “payment model”, academic argues
Dirk Beerbaum writes the Wirecard scandal underlines the need to confront the “inherent” conflicts of interest caused by companies paying the auditors who police their financial reporting.
AGM season, 9 April, 2024
Pension fund savers value votes against directors
Governance: chair independence, 8 April, 2024
Splitting CEO and chair jobs becomes proxy season feature
INSIGHT: Board expertise, 5 April, 2024
Twelve steps to the top as a non-executive director
NEWS: Governance, 5 April, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
INSIGHT: Reputation management, 5 April, 2024
Ignore reputation at your peril
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, 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.
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Board moves, 20 March, 2024
Britvic appoints non-executive director
Former Mondelēz president Romeo Lacerda joins the board of the international soft drinks business later this month.
Regulation
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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.
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INSIGHT: Sustainability reporting, 3 April, 2024
How to address ESG double materiality
Sustainability reporting now includes both internal and external environmental risks and opportunities: here’s how to tackle it.
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NEWS: Sustainability, 27 March, 2024
Many boards fail to understand directors’ duties on sustainability
Directors and senior executives feel they are ill-prepared for incoming ESG regulations, Sustainability Board survey reveals.
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