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Black Rock CEO Larry Fink’s annual letter to CEOs is always closely scrutinised. As the head of the world’s largest institutional investor, he identifies the issues companies must prioritise to generate long-term value. Three key lessons emerge from Fink’s focus on ESG.

In February, governance professionals polled by the Institute and The Core Partnership placed ESG at the top of their list of priorities for 2021. Sara Drake looks at some of the issues facing governance professionals.

Mark Wearden, author of the Directors' Handbook and Directors' Checklists, takes us through some of the challenges and questions that directors face.

You are chairing a meeting. How will you ensure that the meeting that you are leading will be valuable, effective and appropriate?

Over the past decade, the National Governance Association (NGA) has been encouraging academy trusts to look beyond the school sector and embrace their place in the charity sector, absorbing the best of its practice and its debates.

The disgraceful comments of Yoshiro Mori have cast a shadow over an already struggling event

Chairing a board is a bit like conducting an orchestra, creating harmony and success by the collective contribution of all.

Much like governance in general, cyber and information security must be embedded in an organisation’s DNA for it to be truly effective.

In the last five years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has gone mainstream, and it has never been more popular. .

As the pandemic took hold, it was immediately apparent that the regulatory environment in many regions just didn’t support virtual AGMs.

‘What lies ahead for the future company secretary?’

Last month the government released its white paper on the future of the FE sector. The paper aims to provide FE colleges (corporations) with a new core purpose