With major reforms to corporate transparency on the horizon, governance professionals are key to helping businesses stay compliant

ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has published an ESG white paper and maturity matrix to help charities focus on the important environmental, social and governance issues that the sector needs to consider.

This guidance seeks to set out the ways in which those working in governance can support their organisations with the development of policies to govern the use of AI.

The Chartered Governance Institute and Bates Wells have today published guidance around the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which could provide some help to charities, social enterprises and mutuals in financial difficulty. A separate piece of guidance about holding general meetings during the current pandemic has also been published.

Recent research indicates that charity boards are reporting ESG matters but as discrete parts of good governance rather than considering them holistically.

Following a public consultation WRC has published a Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Request Flexible Working and the Right to Request Remote Working.

In a world that is moving so fast, where the relationship between business and society has probably never been more critical to the survival of our planet; innovation, creativity and the need to be open to what the truth might be, is vital.

While gender diversity targets are being successfully achieved in the FTSE350, it’s a different story for AIM-listed companies.

Kate Sayer, Director of Integrity and Ethics at Oxfam, has spearheaded a new approach to whistleblowing, complaint procedures and integrity at the charity. Oxfam was still dealing with the aftermath of the 2018 Haiti scandal when she joined in 2020.