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Libor for Non Executives 10 things you need to know
Top of board agendas right now is how to survive this ‘Covid Crisis’
Update on EU Directors duties
The EU picks up on the shareholder primacy v stakeholder capitalism debate
Value and governance
Corporate Financier
September 2019
The UK Corporate Governance Code’s impact on financial performance has been largely untested until now. Research by Grant Thornton correlates strong corporate governance with financial outperformance.
Helping stakeholders understand impact of climate change
Stakeholders want information that enables them to assess the effects of climate risks on the business. Auditors and other accountants have key roles to play.
New tools for directors of financial distressed companies
Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
July 2020
A focus on the Moratorium and Restructuring Plan introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020.
Trust in business during the coronavirus
These are anxious times for everybody. The entire country, indeed the entire globe, is united against the coronavirus and its impact.
Steering your AGM through the Coronavirus crisis
Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
April 2020
A special briefing from Equiniti on how to brief your AGM on the Coronavirus
5 Key points about the OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct for Multinational Enterprises
The Head of the UK National Contact Point for OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct for Multinational Enterprises, Julia Lewis, recently spoke about her work to the ICAEW Corporate Governance Committee. Here she shares the key points from her talk.
FRC reviews new workforce engagement requirements: good work, but room for improvement
4 February 2020: Elizabeth Richards, Head of Corporate Governance at ICAEW, unpicks the findings from the FRC’s annual review of the Corporate Governance Code. Notably, the review shows that, while progress is being made with new workforce engagement reporting requirements, there is a risk that lessons from workforce engagement won’t reach boardrooms.
ESG the key to saving capitalism
Capitalism in its current form, it is dangerous and out of control, not just unsustainable.
How to prepare for a successful remuneration policy renewal
New legislation and the UK Corporate Governance Code are forcing companies to consider a much wider agenda in the upcoming AGM season.
A revised Stewardship Code
In his review of the FRC, Sir John Kingman was clear that the UK Stewardship Code must focus on ‘outcomes and effectiveness’, and cease to be simply a driver of boilerplate reporting.
The measure of Wates
Corporate Financier
August 2019
The publication of a new corporate governance code for private companies has potential implications for private equity-backed companies. But how relevant is it to most UK companies.
Regulation through transparency
Issues relating diversity, pay disparity, human rights and employee engagement have been on the agenda of organisations from a Corporate Social Responsibility perspective for some time. However, with the introduction over the last few years of various reporting requirements such as gender pay and modern slavery reporting, there has been a shift towards these topics becoming key corporate governance issues that require board-level engagement.
Building trust in business through stakeholders and better reporting
The 2018 PwC Building Public Trust Awards took as their theme ‘celebrating openness’
Temperature check on corporate governance as new Code comes into effect
The UK is witnessing a battle to restore trust in business. Governance is more in the spotlight than at any time since the ‘Maxwell years’ which immediately preceded the 1992 Cadbury report.
Corporate governance reviews
Updated July 2019
A roundup of current and recently concluded corporate governance reviews and inquires.
Good corporate governance
Business and Management
November 2018
Iain Wright explores how to ensure an environment of good corporate governance.
Wates principles don't meet government aims
ICAEW says proposed corporate governance regime for large private companies not credible