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Opinion on liability

Amidst worries about increased liabilities for directors under the new reporting requirements, CIMA has sought and published an opinion from a leading law firm which helps to clarify the situation.

One company, two faces?

A new report from WWF and SustainAbility ranked the world’s top 100 companies on the transparency of their lobbying activities and whether it demonstrates support for their public statements on Corporate Responsibility.

ICGN comes to London

The ICGN celebrated its 10th anniversary at the annual conference in London this month.

Review of Combined Code

Moving beyond tokenism

Sweden introduces its own Code

Governance works in Brazil

Confusion over directors’ duties



CRE expands in Europe

Thinking it through

Colin Coulson-Thomas poses some boardroom questions for challenging conventional wisdom and shaping things to come.

Raising the bar

An article by Sir Alan Langlands based on a speech he gave to the 2005 Annual CIPFA conference entitled Setting the Standard for Public Sector Governance.