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The value of non-financial performance to investors

A recent survey from EY found that 92 per cent of investors agree that over the long-term ESG issues, such as climate change and executive diversity, have real and quantifiable impacts on businesses.

CEOs and digital business transformation

CEO understanding of the benefits of a digital business strategy is improving and more of them are able to describe it more specifically, aligning digital business strategy to advanced business ideas, according to a new survey from Gartner.

EU Shareholder Rights Directive

Boards and stakeholder consultation

Boardroom ethics in Ireland

FRC letter to investors

Board evaluations

Board advisors Socia have set up a series of roundtable discussions bringing together board members from different sectors to hear their views and share their wisdom. The first roundtable focused on getting more value out of board evaluations.

Creativity and innovation

Professor Colin Coulson-Thomas looks at the role of boards and leaders in encouraging creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in a changing world.

Proxy season 2017

The EY Center for Board Matters talked to more than 50 institutional investors, investor associations and advisors about their corporate governance views and priorities ahead of the 2017 proxy season. Participants represented US$24 trillion in assets under management. Their report brings together this broad-based input and draws on their tracking of governance trends through their corporate governance database.