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Transparency and trust

‘Restoring trust in businesses has never been a more important or complex challenge and yet only a minority of the FTSE 350 are seizing the initiative’, according to Grant Thornton’s 18th annual Corporate Governance Review.

Board oversight of ESG issues

In a new Report, Ceres provides guidance to boards on how they can effectively oversee ESG risks, including questions for directors to ask management throughout the risk identification, prioritisation and mitigation processes.

Workplace misconduct and reporting

‘The most severe risk that an organisation faces is when misconduct occurs, but is not reported’, according to research carried out by the Ethics and Compliance Initiative.

GCC board effectiveness

Stewardship Code for fund managers

Persimmon

Richard Smerdon looks at some of the specific findings on board effectiveness and remuneration of the independent review into Persimmon by Stephanie Barwise QC.

Governance in a glass box

Pendragon Stuart looks at changing expectations of customer, investors and employees and in particular the importance of having a sustainable supply chain.

How can non-execs be more effective?

Good governance requires non-execs to challenge the thinking of the board, particularly executive directors, Murray Steele looks at how they can do this effectively.