The Legacy of B Lab: Italy’s Società Benefit
This blog entry is written by Joseph Liptrap, LLM by Research student at University of Edinburgh. It is the first post in a series of guest contributions from our postgraduate students and alumni,...
View ArticleStrategizing Boardroom Gender Diversity
We continue our series of guest contributions from our postgraduate community with an entry by Anindita Jaiswal. Anindita is a PhD student at our Law School. Her doctoral project, entitled “Female...
View ArticleThe Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill 2017
Although women make up over 51% of the population in Scotland,[1] they are under-represented in political, civic and public life, and in senior decision making positions in the public and private...
View ArticleThe Parker Review, One Year In
On 12 October 2017, the Parker Review published its Final Report on the ethnic diversity of UK boards, entitled “Beyond One by ‘21”. The Parker Review was created in 2015 to tackle the obstacles to...
View ArticleFiduciary duties and sustainable finance
Earlier this month, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the need to clarify that the fiduciary duties of institutional investors and asset managers allow (or require) them to take...
View ArticleA more stakeholder-friendly UK Corporate Governance Code
Earlier this month, the Financial Reporting Council issued a public consultation on a comprehensive review of the UK Corporate Governance Code. The review aims to make the code more focused and...
View ArticleOwnership of UK Quoted Shares: the 2016 Update
The Office for National Statistics has recently published its latest statistical bulletin of the share ownership of UK companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange. According to the new figures, the...
View ArticleThe Wates Principles of Corporate Governance for Large Private Companies
The recent corporate failures have drawn public attention to the lack of transparency and accountability in many large companies, and the risks that business failure poses to employees, suppliers,...
View ArticleThe 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code
On 16 July 2018, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the 2018 edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code), following a public consultation launched in December 2017. The new Code...
View ArticleGender Representation on Public Boards in Scotland
by Anindita Jaiswal, Ph.D. Candidate, Edinburgh School of Law While countries like Denmark, Austria, Greece, and Finland have introduced gender balance mandates within the boards of public (state)...
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