ICGN Viewpoints

The below Viewpoints are organised by year, starting with the most recent and dating back to 2014. They are also organised via committee category.

• ICGN Global Corporate Governance Committee ⇒

• ICGN Global Investor Stewardship Committee ⇒

• ICGN Financial Capital Committee ⇒

• ICGN Natural Capital Committee ⇒

• ICGN Human Capital Committee ⇒

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Global Governance

ICGN’s Global Governance Committee, focuses on board leadership, fiduciary duties, independence, culture, committee effectiveness, strategy, risk and remuneration.

Related Party Transactions: How to Ensure Adequate Protection of Minority Shareholder Rights

Shareholder Rights, Board Responsibilities

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Ensuring Effective Board Succession Planning

Board Responsibilities, Succession Planning

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Ensuring Effective Board Succession Planning

Brexit: What are the Governance Implications for the EU and the UK?

Corporate Governance, Public Policy, UK, EU

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Governance Questions posed by the Changing U.S. Political Landscape

Corporate Governance, Public Policy, USA

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Corporate Lobbying Practices and the US Elections

Conflicts of Interest, Business Ethics, Public Policy, USA

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Corp Lobbying Practices and the US Elections

Corporate Tax Policy

Tax, Board Responsibilities, Business Ethics

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Cyber Risk

Ethics and Systemic Risk, Risk Oversight, Cyber Security

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Risk Oversight

Risk Oversight, Board Responsibilities, Cyber Security

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Capital Allocation

Capital Allocation, Board Responsibilities, Disclosure

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The Governance of Sustainability: An Investor View of Board Effectiveness

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This Viewpoint will consider the investor view of the board’s role in the creation and oversight of the company’s sustainability journey in meeting rising global investor expectations.

Board Oversight of Supply Chain Sustainability

Global Governance, Board Oversight

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Global Stewardship

ICGN Global Investor Stewardship Committee focuses on fiduciary duties, shareholder rights, shareholder meetings, company monitoring, voting engagement and investment mandates.

Shareholder Proposals – An Essential Instrument for Ensuring Corporate Accountability

Shareholder Responsibilities, ESG, Global Stewardship, Shareholder Rights

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What is the Role of the Creditor in Corporate Governance and Investor Stewardship?

Investor Stewardship, Creditors, Capital Allocation

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Investor Framework For Addressing Systemic Risks

Systemic Risk, Investor Stewardship, Risk Oversight

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Stock Exchanges and Shareholder Rights: A Race to the Top, not the Bottom?

Shareholder Rights, Dual Class Shares

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Common Ownership: Do Institutional Investors really Promote Anti-Competitive Behaviour?

Conflicts of Interest, Global Stewardship

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Investment Exclusions: Some Technical Considerations

Investor Stewardship, Business Ethics, Ethics and Systemic Risk, Fiduciary Duties

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The Inclusion of Non-Voting or limited Voting Shares in Stock Market Indices

Voting, Shareholder Responsibilities, Dual Class Shares

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Italian Governance and Voto di Lista

Stewardship, Italy, Board Governance

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Vote Confirmation

Voting, Shareholder Rights, Stewardship

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Differential Ownership Rights

Shareholder Rights, Dual Class Shares

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Cross-Border Voting

Voting, Shareholder Responsibilities, Shareholder Rights

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Differential share-ownership structures: mitigating private benefits of control at the expense of minority investors, Feb 2017

Shareholder Rights, Shareholder Responsibilities

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Financial Capital

ICGN Financial Capital Committee focused on corporate reporting (financial & sustainability), materiality, capital allocation, accounting and auditing standards, risk, internal controls internal, audit, audit committees, and external audit.

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Human Capital

ICGN Human Capital Committee focused on anti-corruption, culture, stakeholder relations, workforce engagement, succession planning, diversity-equity-inclusion, human rights, workforce safety and more.

Occupational Safety and Health: The Pandemic, the Changing World of Work, and How Investment Stewards Can Engage to Enhance Corporate Performance

Human Capital, Human Rights, Viewpoint

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Natural Capital

ICGN Natural Capital Committee focused on governance relating to the natural environment, ecology and biodiversity including climate change and the UN SDGs.

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