Contents

Taking responsibility

Audit in the downturn

According to recent research by KPMG, the economic downturn has led audit committees to reassess both external and internal audit.

Responsible investing

A new report calls for institutional investors to imbed ESG considerations into their engagement policies.

Fed up with Gino?

Steve Clarke lifts the lid on the challenges of Governance in Name Only.

Self-regulation’s last chance?

Jonathan Lewis asks if the failure to self-regulate means the death of the ‘comply or explain’ governance regime.

The boardroom’s response to the crisis

Beatrice Richez-Baum reports on the discussions held at the recent ecoDa corporate governance conference and provides a director’s perspective to the current state of corporate governance in Europe.

Connecting with climate change – Part 2

In Part 1 of his article, Dr Sarkar looked at what steps ten leading companies were taking in relation to climate change and in this concluding part he goes on to draw conclusions about what all companies can and should be doing.