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Banque d’Angleterre : supervisory statement pour le CA

L’Autorité prudentielle de la Banque d’Angleterre vient de publier un Supervisory Statement intitulé « Corporate governance: Board responsibilities » (SS5/16, mars 2016).

 

The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement and accompanying supervisory statement concerning the responsibilities of boards.

The purpose of this supervisory statement is to identify, for the boards1 of firms regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), those aspects of governance to which the PRA attaches particular importance and to which the PRA may devote particular attention in the course of its supervision. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive guide for boards of what constitutes good or effective governance. There are more general guidelines for that purpose, for example the UK Corporate Governance Code, published by the Financial Reporting Council.

 

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Ivan Tchotourian

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Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting : la consultation commence

Le gouvernement britannique vient de lancer une consultation jusqu’au 16 mars 2016 sur la transparence dans le domaine de l’écart de rémunération entre les sexes : « Open consultation – Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting » (12 février 2016).

The government is seeking views on draft regulations that will increase transparency around the differences in pay between men and women.

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Divulgation extra-financière en Angleterre : quel bilan ?

Le Climate Disclosure Standards Board a publié un bilan de la divulgation extra-financière des entreprises dans les domaines environnemental et des gaz à effet de serre du FTSE500 (ici), suite à la réforme introduite au Company Act 2006 en 2013 (Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013).

Voici quelques chiffres extraits de ce bilan :

Principal risks : 41% of companies consider environmental risks in their analysis of the principal risks to their company.

KPIs : 27% of companies make use of environmental KPIs. Of those that do, the majority use one of four main categories of KPIs based on: GHG emissions, energy, water or waste management (Figure 1).

Future development : 42% of companies identify environmental matters when considering the future development, performance or position of their company.

Environmental policies : 87% of companies disclosed environmental policies, 78% disclosed their policies and provided an indication of the effectiveness of those policies.

Environmental impacts : 90% of companies disclosed information regarding the environmental impacts of their business operations (Figure 2). Of the 10% that did not, 70% provided an explanation as to why that information was omitted.

GHG emissions : The Regulations require the disclosure of total annual GHG emissions (CO2e) for which a company is responsible. 90% of companies disclosed their total annual GHG emissions. 77% of companies disclosed the breakdown of both Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions. 41% of companies disclosed omitted emission sources and explained the reasons for omission. Of the companies who explained omissions, the majority (44%) cited materiality as the main reason for omission (Figure 3). The sources of GHG emissions omitted by companies varied widely. Figure 4 shows the range of general categories of information omitted.

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BIS Research Paper : en savoir plus sur la chaîne de détention des actions

Le dernier BIS Research Paper se révèle intéressant sur la chaîne de détention d’actions (et sa complexité) : Exploring the intermediated shareholding model – BIS research paper 261 (BIS/16/20).

Many shareholders now hold shares indirectly through an intermediary, rather than directly with a company.

This research looks at the UK’s intermediated shareholding model in order to gain a better understanding of the existing model and to identify any weaknesses.

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FTSE350 : revue annuelle de la gouvernance par Grant Thornton

Bonjour à toutes et à tous, Grant Thornton a publié récemment l’édition 2015 de sa revue annuelle de gouvernance basée sur l’analyse des rapports annuels des entreprises britanniques du FTSE350 : « Trust and Integrity – Loud and Clear? ».

Quelques faits saillants :

The 2015 figures show a slight drop in the number of FTSE 350 companies who complied with all but one or two Code provisions (90% compared to last year’s 93.5%). And overall the level of full compliance for the FTSE 350 has decreased slightly from 61% to 57%. However this is offset by an improvement in the quality of explanations, with 69.4% providing good quality explanations against 59.3% last year.

The principal area of non-compliance is board independence.

55% quality shareholder engagement falls from 64%

Only 54% of companies make a passing reference to culture and values, more FTSE 350 chairmen discussed culture in their primary statements.

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IoD : rapport pour une bonne gouvernance

L’institut des administrateurs de sociétés britannique (IoD) a publié en juin 2015 un rapport intitulé : « The Great Governance Debate – Towards a Good Governance Index for Listed Companies ».

This report sets out the initial findings from six months of research into the measurement of corporate governance in UK-listed companies. Its purpose is to encourage the study of good governance among UK companies and stimulate a public debate on the importance of corporate governance in rebuilding the reputation of the UK business community.

La table des matières est la suivante :

  1. Preface from the Institute of Directors
  2. Foreword from Cass Business School
  3. Executive summary
  4. Methodology and approach
  5. Survey results
  6. Instrumental factors results
  7. Creating a predictive model
  8. Interim conclusions and next steps

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