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Manifest-i - Comment April 06

Doing the decent thing

Karen Talbot, Editor

Acting with integrity must be a praiseworthy quality of any leader whether in business or politics. Increasingly ethical codes, rules and guidelines are developed to ensure that conduct is shown to be whiter than white. More >>

Governance

Standards & Guidance

Brown kept cabinet colleagues in the dark over OFR

Internal memos from the Treasury have revealed Gordon Brown, chancellor of the exchequer, kept his colleagues in the dark about his decision to abolish the operating and financial review (OFR), according to Friends of the Earth (FoE). More >>

Activism

Patientline chairman under attack from Shore Capital

Shore Capital, an investor in hospital services company, Patientline, has convened a 5 April EGM to propose the ousting of Derek Lewis, chairman of the hospital communications company.
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Companies

Citigroup faces insider trading allegations in Australia

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has initiated proceedings against Citigroup Global Markets Australia for alleged insider trading. The ASIC said an investigation had found the financial services group carried out substantial trading on its own account in  Patrick Corporation securities on 19 August 2005. More >>

Research

Mutual fund votes allow increasing pay

Mutual funds are consistently unwilling to use their voting power to rein in spiralling US chief executive remuneration, according to a report by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and The Corporate Library.
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People

Aldridge resigns from Capita over loan to Labour

Rod Aldridge has resigned as executive chairman of Capita, the business services group, over a loan he made to the Labour Party. While denying allegations that the loan had resulted in Capita being awarded government contracts, Aldridge said he was standing down to protect the company’s reputation. He will, however, remain as non-executive chairman until Capita releases its interim results at the end of July. More >>

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Socially Responsible Investment

Environment likely to be a more important issue in future

Although only 15% of investment managers consider environmental issues like climate change to be material to mainstream asset performance, these considerations look set to grow in importance within five years, according to a survey of 157 investment management firms around the world by Mercer Investment Consulting. More >>

Environment

BP gains top ranking based on its climate change action

BP, the oil company, and DuPont, the chemical giant, have emerged top of Ceres’ ranking of 100 leading global companies by climate change strategy.

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Best Practice & Ethics

Coca-cola stresses corporate responsibility commitments

Coca-Cola, the beverage company, has joined the United Nations (UN) global compact, a voluntary corporate citizenship initiative. E Neville Isdell, Coca-Cola chairman and chief executive, said the move was a sign of the company’s commitment to carrying out business with respect for human rights, workplace standards, environmental responsibility and anti-corruption standards.

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Health & Safety

Government confirms commitment to corporate killing bill

The government has said it is to pass the corporate manslaughter bill as soon as time allows, and will incorporate advice from the home affairs and work and pensions committees on providing a clearer definition of where the new offence will apply.

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Features

Survey

Corporate Governance and the Financial Sector

The definition of corporate governance has been broadening in recent years to move beyond the relationship between directors and shareholders and the monitoring of internal controls.

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Sector Review

Forestry & Paper

The Forestry & Paper sector is encountering many challenges partly arising out of the growth of emerging markets, particularly in Asia. Environmental concern, which has been the focus of the work of multinational agencies, has centred on the problems of illegal logging. More >>

Leaders and Laggards

Governance concerns raised at paper companies

The largest European forestry & paper company, based on 2004 results, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' 2005 sector report is the Finnish firm, Stora Enso which is ranked fourth - the only non-US firm in the top five. More >>

Academic Round up

Manifest-I presents a summary of recently released academic papers on international corporate governance issues. More >>

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