EU Lawmakers outline new board diversity regulations June 10, 2022 EU-listed companies to have at least 40% of their non-executive director positions held by women by 2026 New board diversity requirements have been outlined by the European Council and European Parliament, with lawmakers reaching an agreement on the legislation. These regulations would require EU-listed companies […]
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Fifteen investor-led resolutions that took aim at company policies ranging from mistreatment of workers to nondisclosure agreements, failed to pass after majority of Amazon shareholders voted against them.
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A shareholder coalition has stated it will vote against TotalEnergies’ executive pay and sustainability and climate progress report after the company refused to include their resolution at its AGM.
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Some of the UK’s largest pension investors have collaborated to establish a formal, repeatable diversity assessment and improvement process.
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Businesses that encourage boardroom gender diversity achieve better financial results, new research has found.
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National corporate governance codes need to be adapted to take account of the challenges that exist when companies have dominant shareholders or small groups of shareholders collectively have a dominant share of the total shareholder vote according to a survey of directors conducted by the accountancy firm Mazars, the international accountancy and advisory firm, and the […]
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The collapse of Carillion raises concerns not only about corporate governance at the firm and KPMG’s audit, but also how the directors were able to get changes to their pay passed the vote. Speaking in The Guardian on Saturday (20-Jan-18), British Prime Minister Theresa May signalled her government’s frustration with the slow pace of change: “Boardroom excesses […]
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Despite its shorter length companies may find adapting to the UK’s revised corporate governance code challenging, business leaders and advisers suggested. However, there was broad support for the approach taken by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) after it launched its consultation last week. Carolyn Fairbairn, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents […]
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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is holding a consultation on a revised corporate governance code and changes to its listing rules. The stock exchange said the review of the Hong Kong code was driven by a desire to raise the overall standards of corporate governance amongst issuers and directors, having taken into account relevant international practice […]
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Investors for Opioid Accountability (IOA), a US coalition which includes asset managers, faith-based, public and trades union pension funds with over $1.3 trillion in assets have filed multiple shareholder resolutions on board oversight of business risks related to opioids at 10 opioid distributor and manufacturer companies. This comes after mounting criticism of the businesses which have been […]
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