The Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) officially launched its new AGM voting toolkit this month (08-Dec-15). The 34 policy ‘Red Lines‘  (19 Governance, 10 Social and 5 Environmental) are designed to help pension trustees hold investee companies …

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The Council of Institutional Investors (CII), which represents pension funds and other institutional investors in the US, has published two reports highlighting the most effective ways to conduct and disclose engagement between investors and companies.

CII Investor-Company Roundtable: Effective Engagement

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As the countries taking part in the UN Climate Change Summit, COP 21 in Paris, struggled to reach agreement  114 major companies including Coca-Cola, Dell, Kellogg, Procter & Gamble and Sony pledged to set emissions reduction targets in line with …

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New York City Mayor, Don Blasio, has urged all government pension funds in New York and across the US to divest from funds that include assault weapon manufacturers. In his call he is joining a growing campaign which is …

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The European Union (EU) has reached an agreement on new legislation which will improve cyber-security across all member states. The European Commission proposed the directive in 2013 and an agreement on its content was reached by the EU Council of …

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The PRI – Principles for Responsible Investment – project is calling on stakeholders and investors to take part in a series of initiatives it will be carrying out through out 2016 to mark its 10th anniversary. These will be reviewing …

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued two consultations as part of its ramped up efforts to implement the EU Audit Regulation and Directive regime and strengthen investor confidence in governance.

Board Succession Planning

Following its October discussion paper UK

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In a rare case of a CEO being personally held to account for corporate wrongdoing the former boss of US coal mining company, Massey Energy, Don Blankenship has been convicted of conspiring to violate US mining  health and safety standards. …

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The Manifest Executive Total Remuneration Report 2015 tells the story

After recent years of falling pay awards for CEOs, the annual Manifest remuneration survey suggests that top pay awards are going up again, especially the awards of long-term incentive grants. …

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New research from Minerva shows cyber governance risk gaps

Despite recent high profile cyber-security breaches, new research by Minerva has found that 36% of the UK’s premium listed companies do not recognise cyber-security amongst their key risks to be  disclosed …

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