StanChart boss pay slashed 29%
CEO Bill Winters’ pay packet has been reduced to £3.8m
The CEO of Standard Chartered has seen his pay packet slashed by 29% with the bank reporting heavy profit falls due to the fallout from …
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Toshiba finds no evidence of pressuring Harvard over AGM vote
Largest shareholder Effissimo wants independent probe
Toshiba has found no evidence it was involved in trying to influence the Harvard University endowment fund over voting at its AGM, following an …
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Investors back EU plan for human rights due diligence rules
The Investor Alliance for Human Rights wants mandatory, rather than voluntary, reporting and due diligence rules for corporations
The Investor Alliance for Human Rights has called for EU companies to …
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AMX and DWS adopt Minerva’s split voting technology ‘VotePlus’ in upcoming launch
New solution rapidly accelerates sustainable stewardship
Minerva Analytics, Europe’s leading independent proxy voting agency, has embedded its VoteTech in a new, ground-breaking solution designed to help investors better …
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Government takes up the plight of Uyghur Muslims
The UK government is introducing new rules to prevent the import of goods suspected of using forced labour in China’s Xinjiang province.
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab told the House of Commons on …
Read MoreReform is an “urgent priority”, says accountancy body chief
The accounting industry is urging the government to prioritise reform of the sector following the appointment of Kwasi Kwarteng as business secretary.
Michael Izza, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered …
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Companies could be delisted if they fail to meet ‘comply or explain’ requirement
The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has thrown its weight behind Nasdaq’s proposal that would require companies to disclose board diversity or potentially face delisting.
In a …
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Lost Votes – concern mounts over corporate governance in Japan
Corporate governance has come under the spotlight in Japan after one of its biggest providers of shareholder services said it may have miscounted investor votes at almost 1,000 companies ahead …
Read MoreCEO stakeholder commitments illusory claim Harvard duo
Research conducted by two renowned Harvard academics has cast doubt on the commitments made a year ago by 181 CEOs affiliated to the Business Roundtable trade group.
Twelve months ago, business leaders …
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