The following table contains links to the global corporate governance codes which are used as a basis for Manifest’s international research. Each country or market may also publish periodic monitoring reports.

Country

Governance Code Link

Australia Australian Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (4th Edition, 2019)
Austria Austrian Code of Corporate Governance (2015)
Belgium Belgian Code on Corporate Governance (2009)
Brazil Brazilian Corporate Governance Code – Listed Companies (2016)
Bulgaria Bulgarian Code for Corporate Governance (2016)
Canada Corporate Governance for Financial Institutions (2018)
Cyprus Corporate Governance Code (2019)
Denmark Recommendations on Corporate Governance (2014)
Estonia Corporate Governance Recommendations (2006)
Finland Finnish Corporate Governance Code (2015)
France Corporate Governance Code of Listed Corporations (2018)
Germany German Corporate Governance Code (2017)
Greece Hellenic Corporate Governance Code (2013)
Hungary Corporate Governance Recommendations (2018)
Iceland Iceland Corporate Governance Guidelines (5th Edition, 2015)
Ireland Irish Corporate Governance Annex (2010)
Corporate Governance Code for Credit Institutions and Insurance Undertakings (2013)
Italy Italian Corporate Governance Code (2015)
Kenya Code of Corporate Governance Practices for Issuers of Securities to the Public (2015)
Japan Revised Japan’s Corporate Governance Code ( 2018)
Latvia Principles of Corporate Governance and Recommendations on their Implementation (2010)
Lithuania The Corporate Governance Code for the Companies Listed on NASDAQ OMX Vilnius (2010)
Luxembourg The Ten Principles of Corporate Governance of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (4th Edition, 2017)
Malaysia Malaysia Corporate Governance (2017)
Malta The Code of Principles of Good Corporate Governance (2019)
Netherlands Dutch Corporate Governance Code (2022)
New Zealand NZX Corporate Governance Code (2020)
Norway The Norwegian Code of Practice for Corporate Governance (2018)
Poland Code of Best Practice for WSE Listed Companies (2016)
Portugal CMVM Corporate Governance Code (2013)
IPCG Corporate Governance Code (2018)
Romania Bucharest Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Code (2015)
Singapore Corporate Governance Code (2018)
Spain Unified Good Governance Code of Listed Companies (2006)
Slovakia Corporate Governance Code for Slovakia (2016)
Slovenia Slovene Corporate Governance Code (2016)
Sweden The Swedish Corporate Governance Code (2020)
United Kingdom The UK Corporate Governance Code (2018)
 

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See also the Global Stewardship Codes page

Last Updated: 22 June 2020