Companies are likely to improve their disclosure of climate-related financial risks in the near future following the creation of the an industry led task force formed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to develop consistent rules for firms when they …
Read MoreNearly $A30 million in payouts to departing chief executives (CEOs) helped to increase the pay of the 300 highest-earning Australian CEOs by 5%, who for the first time will receive an average pay packet of more than $3 million a …
Read MoreThe shares of UK sports clothes and equipment retailer, Sports Direct, took a hit this week, despite reporting increased profits, following an investigation by the Guardian newspaper which it said revealed that workers at its new Shirebrook warehouse are receiving …
Read MoreThe chairman and chief executive of Brazilian investment bank, BTG Pactual, Andre Santos Esteves, has been forced to resign following his arrest amid accusations of bribery.
According to press reports, Esteves was accused of allegedly conspiring with Delcidio Amaral, …
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreAs 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 …
Read MoreIn 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. …
Read MoreNew 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 …
Read MoreThe European Commission has released proposals which it says will improve access to finance for companies and simplify the information provided for investors. The Commission is making changes to the Prospectus Directive, originally adopted in 2003 and last revised …
Read MoreThere has been a steady improvement in the number of women directors in California’s top 400 public companies according to research by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
California is a major force within the US economy and and …
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