Switched-on non-executive directors will ensure climate change remains on a board’s agenda.
The exciting world of the non-executive director (NED)! Just as you thought we were emerging from Covid, companies are thrown back into the choppy waves of ‘climate change, with a surge of motivated interest groups, governments and ‘woke’ investors. With plenty of isolation time to fill during the pandemic, COP26 and the plethora of climate change documentaries and shows became avid viewing.
Switched-on non-executive directors will ensure climate change remains on a board’s agenda.
The exciting world of the non-executive director (NED)! Just as you thought we were emerging from Covid, companies are thrown back into the choppy waves of ‘climate change, with a surge of motivated interest groups, governments and ‘woke’ investors. With plenty of isolation time to fill during the pandemic, COP26 and the plethora of climate change documentaries and shows became avid viewing.
The FRC (Financial Reporting Council) Review of Corporate Governance Reporting published in November 2021, continues to document the slow glacial creep towards better corporate governance reporting.
We have as Boards, a period of grace to ‘get our act together’ and improve the consistency and general standards of Board Reporting on governance matters in the Report and Accounts. Or it could it be taken out of our hands by the newly created Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA).
The Report highlighted the lack of illumination of the Boards reporting on governance matters, with a patchwork of minimal, lawyer driven ‘what’s the least we have to say for this compliance point’. This contrasts against the FRC’s desire to see a coherent, integrated and strategic approach to governance development reporting.
By Advanced Boardroom Excellence for HR Magazine, 21 May 2015
In the final governance article we look at the issues facing HRDs seeking to create NED careers and increase influence with boards. Given that an HRD has key capabilities in the areas of executive career management, talent development, remuneration, culture and behaviour, what is holding HRDs back from NED roles?
By Advanced Boardroom Excellence for HR Magazine, 30 April 2015
For the second in the HR Magazine governance insight series, Helen Pitcher chairman of Advanced Boardroom Excellence focuses on what makes an effective board and where the influences and pressures on boards are emerging from.
By Advanced Boardroom Excellence for HR Magazine, 21 Apr 2015
In this article for HR Magazine, Helen Pitcher chairman of Advanced Boardroom Excellence, explains that good governance informs and improves the HRD’s effectiveness in their day-to-day role, so in turn, the HRD’s areas of expertise in the boardroom can help colleagues to understand how best to implement the company’s overall strategic plan.
