Corporate Governance

For the first time in half a decade, the UK Corporate Governance Code is undergoing a significant transformation. The Code will provide extensive shifts in the responsibilities and obligations of larger organisations… More

High-impact threats such as climate change are moving up the agenda as board rooms reassess their priorities in light of the current pandemic, according to the World Economic Forum. The influential body… More

Integrated thinking is key to managing the crisis that has followed the spread of coronavirus around the globe, according the global body of professional accountants IFAC. That is particularly true of those… More

Boards, executive management and internal auditor departments are misaligned over a series of critical risks, according to a recent report – OnRisk 2020: A Guide to Understanding, Aligning, and Optimizing Risk –… More

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published an updated UK Corporate Governance Code in July, which it says puts the relationships between companies, shareholders and stakeholders at the heart of long-term sustainable growth… More

Legislation looks set to come into force in 2020 which will compel the UK's largest companies to publish and justify the pay ratios between their CEOs and workers. Its introduction was first… More

“It is no longer business as usual,” Professor Mervyn King, chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, said in a keynote presentation at the IRM’s Risk Leaders 2017 conference in London… More

Most corporate governance experts say setting the right tone at the top is crucial. It helps communicate the organisation’s values, create positive cultures and raise risk awareness. The theory says that less… More

The UK's corporate governance framework has not fundamentally changed in over 25 years. But expectations of what it should achieve have. That is why the governance body ICSA has launched a major… More