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Global board diversity: traditional thinking holding back progress

While there has been more debate about achieving more diversity on company boards, the Global Board of Directors survey 2016 has found that despite the intense investor and media scrutiny – public company directors are no more diverse that the …

UK MPs launch corporate governance inquiry

The House of Commons’ Business, Innovation, and Skills (BIS) Committee has launched an inquiry on corporate governance, focussing on executive pay, directors duties, and the composition of boardrooms, including worker representation and gender balance in executive positions.

This follows the …

Company boards should examine bonus pay structures CIMA suggests

The UK has the second-least meritocratic bonus system in the world, according to a global poll of 6,500 financial decision makers carried out by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). The organisation is calling for bonus systems to be …

TUC criticises UK pay gap

The TUC has claimed that it took the the UK’s highest paid chief executive (CEO), Martin Sorrell, less than 45 minutes to earn what an average UK worker earns over an entire year, following its analysis published at its annual …

Sports Direct takes action to respond to criticisms of working practices and corporate governance

Major institutional investors were among those criticising retailer Sports Direct at its AGM this week and showed their disquiet about the company through their votes. The majority of independent shareholders voted against the re-election of the chairman Keith Hellawell …

UK government to consult on PM’s corporate governance pledges

Prime Minister Theresa May, speaking at the end of her first G20 summit held in Hangzhou, China, pledged to bring forward a consultation paper this autumn suggesting reforms to corporate governance at UK companies.

This indicates that May will be …

ShareAction calls for institutional investors to do more to address UK poverty

Institutional investors must do more to reduce in-work poverty and improve the quality of work in the UK’s private sector, according to a report published by ShareAction. The report evaluates the potential of investor-led strategies to address inequality and protect

PRI launches guide for institutional investors to integrate ESG strategies

The United Nations-led PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) has published a guide which it said is the most comprehensive description to date of what ESG (environmental, social and governance) -integrated analysis is, and which explains how it works in practice.…

Institute of Directors ranks FTSE100 companies on their corporate governance performance

British American Tobacco has topped a ranking by the UK’s Institute of Directors (IoD) of FTSE100 companies by their corporate governance performance. The other companies in the top five are Unilever, Diageo, Sage Group and Next.

The 2016 Good Governance …

New Zealand stock exchange requests comments on amended corporate governance code

NZX, the New Zealand stock exchange, has published a draft revised corporate governance code (NZX Code) and feedback to its earlier consultation on the changes required. This is the first substantial update to the NZX Code since 2003.

The key …