Governance

Investors have exposed themselves to a $6trn (£3.9trn) "carbon bubble" by failing to address sustainability, research says.

Investors have backed proposals from the European Commission (EC) to improve transparency on environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting.

Ashok Vaswani, chief executive of retail and business at Barclays, has admitted that 2012 was a "very difficult year" for the bank, and said the decision to release details of staff's £38.5m bonus details on Budget day was a "mistake" but claimed it was...

The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) has advised its members to vote against the remuneration report at AstraZeneca's upcoming annual general meeting (AGM).

An investor group campaign, led by Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS), Aberdeen Asset Management and F&C, has secured disclosure of minority shareholders representatives on the Petrobras board.

The recent publication of the General Anti Abuse Rule has bolstered measures to limit "extreme" tax avoidance and will focus governance on tax, experts say.

The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has called for a wholesale overhaul of "broken" executive pay practices.

The Trades Union Congress, Unite and Unison have teamed up with PIRC to launch the Trade Union Share Owners group, which aims to "put union values at the heart of corporate governance".

Concerns about excessive executive pay could crowd out other important governance issues, ShareAction chief executive Catherine Howarth has said.

Three pension funds have teamed up to launch a project to measure the relationship between governance structures of UK schemes and the costs of maintaining them.