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
Despite recent high profile cyber attacks more than two thirds of boards at the UK’s biggest companies have not received training to deal with a cyber incident (68%) according to the government’s latest cyber governance health check survey.
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Building materials supplier LafargeHolcim has admitted to failings by company bosses running its Syrian cement plant. They engaged in dealings with armed groups as they sought to protect employees as the area became increasingly dangerous as a result of the …
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New Minerva research shows board cyber-security risk gaps
As global economies become more digitally dependent, the continuing rise of cyber-security threats and actual breaches raises serious questions for shareholders. If technology fails, it is no understatement to say that the …
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Australian entertainments group, Ardent Leisure, held its AGM just two days after an accident at its theme park Dreamworld in which four people died and two children were injured on a river rapids ride. The out-going chairman, Neil Banaves, …
Read MoreWhile US directors say that reputational risk is one of their greatest concerns board members are taking little action to manage risks once they have been identified, according to the sixth Concerns About Risks Confronting Boards survey conducted by US …
Read MoreThe Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (the Association), better known as the National Association of Pension Funds of old, has updated its Corporate Governance Policy and Voting Guidelines. The Corporate Governance Policy and Voting Guidelines aim to promote the …
Read MoreThe 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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