One area of ESG governance where practice is evolving rapidly is the remuneration of executives and senior leaders within companies. The line of argument is straightforward: we want more ESG, we get what we pay for, and therefore, we need to include ESG targets in executive incentive plans.
Read moreOver the last decade, to improve corporate governance, increasing gender diversity has been an important issue for board rooms and Suites across the world.
Read moreIn many jurisdictions around the world, “independent” directors, free from unjust ties from the organizations on whose boards they are serving on, have become a well established pillar of corporate governance systems and frameworks.
Read moreIn more than 20 years of teaching corporate governance, major surprises regularly surfaced when discussing the foundations of corporate capitalism with our students.
Read moreAsk any governance professional for an indicator of board effectiveness, and most will point quickly to 'director independence'. Governments and regulators around the world tend to agree, as it is a concept often at the forefront of governance codes and handbooks.
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