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UK Stewardship Code
The UK Stewardship Code set stewardship standards for those investing money on behalf of UK savers and pensioners, and those that support them and is part of UK company law. It was first released in 2010 and was last updated in 2019.
Articles & features
FRC overhauls Stewardship Code
- Article
- 04 Jun 2025
The updated Investor Stewardship Code 2026 aims to reduce the reporting burden for signatories, following an extensive consultation.
ExclusiveFRC publishes latest edition of UK Stewardship Code
- Article
- 04 Jun 2025
The updated stewardship code aims to reduce the reporting burden for signatories while supporting long-term sustainable value creation.
Financial stewardship lessons from Naomi Campbell’s charity collapse
- Article
- 28 Oct 2024
With a primary purpose to ease hardships among people in disaster areas, anti-poverty charity Fashion for Relief launched with great promise – but fell prey to financial mismanagement.
FRC rolls out interim shakeup to Stewardship Code
- Article
- 02 Aug 2024
Amid ongoing review of Code, watchdog streamlines reporting burden to show it has been listening to stakeholders – and unveils five themes that will drive the rest of the revamp.
Burden of reporting puts investor relationships at risk
- Article
- 20 Jun 2024
The volume and breadth of reporting is smothering the critical dialogue between corporates and investors, experts warn.
A guide to stakeholder mapping and engagement
- Article
- 26 Apr 2023
Organisations have much to gain from using stakeholder maps to build trust and make better decisions.
Broadening the remit
- Article
- 25 Apr 2023
Three case studies show why board members and management teams should engage with stakeholders consistently on a far broader range of non-financial and non-traditional issues.
Stewarding a firm through the biggest decisions: Graeme Pitkethly, Unilever
- Article
- 01 Dec 2022
The third of four films showcasing board members’ stories and how they ensure a long-term focus for their companies
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FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTYWhat is ESG and why does it matter?
- Helpsheets and support
- Dec 2021
- Financial Services Faculty
In recent months ESG related considerations have become the number one on every financial services organisation’s risk register. Traditionally they had been associated with sustainability or corporate responsibility so why are they suddenly so relevant and important?
ExclusiveBUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FACULTYSpecial Report 65 - Smart Reporting
- Report
- Sep 2019
- PDF(1,597kb)
- Business and Management Faculty
This special report will be a handy go-to guide – we take you through the latest techniques and thinking behind the new smart world with which CFOs, and aspiring CFOs, must contend.
AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTYInnovating in human rights assurance
- Helpsheets and support
- Mar 2016
- Audit and Assurance Faculty
Mazars LLP provides insight into how it approaches due diligence for human rights reporting, discussing its work with India-based steel manufacturer Jindal Stainless Ltd
ExclusiveBUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FACULTYSpecial Report 50: Business reporting
- Report
- Sep 2015
- PDF(3,118kb)
- Finance & Management Faculty
This special report contains a few essentials on reporting of use to finance manager, controller and directors, including micro entity reports, the visual impact of reports and lean accounting.
Assurance on non financial information: Existing practices and issues
- Report
- Jan 2011
- PDF(188kb)
Examines the types of non-financial information on which external assurance reports are currently provided and considers further opportunities for practitioners in this area.
Webinars and other recordings
BUSINESS DEPARTMENTLeveraging data to create best-in-class sustainability planning and reporting, with Oracle
- Webinar
- May 2024
How to approach planning and reporting against different ESG frameworks, and the tools available to help.
ExclusiveCORPORATE GOVERNANCELessons from lockdown: how will 2020’s AGM season affect the future of governance?
- Webinar
- Nov 2020
As businesses fight their way through turbulent times, lessons can be drawn from the challenges of AGM season during the COVID-19 crisis.
ExclusiveCORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITYESG and stakeholder capitalism
- Webinar
- Sep 2020
The challenges and opportunities around purpose, stakeholder capitalism, ESG and COVID-19.
ExclusiveCORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITYWorker representation on boards
- Webinar
- Sep 2017
Graeme Nuttall OBE (Fieldfisher), and Andrew Ninian (The Investment Association) discuss how worker representation on boards could work for business.
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ExclusiveStrategy and investors
- eBook chapter
- 2024
- Richard Leblanc (editor)
- Wiley
- Handbook of Board Governance
Explores the practical realities of corporate governance in public, private, and not-for-profit environments. Part 2 explores long-term board strategy and shareholder engagement.
ExclusiveESG investing for dummies
- eBook
- 2021
- Brendan Bradley
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Aims to educate potential ESG investors about the opportunities, but to also highlight the risks.
ExclusiveValuation: measuring and managing the value of companies
- eBook
- 2020
- McKinsey & Company Inc, Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, David Wessels
- Wiley
This latest edition has been revised and updated throughout, and includes new insights on topics such as digital, ESG (environmental, social and governance), and long-term investing, as well as fresh case studies. Clear, accessible chapters cover the fundamental principles of value creation, analyzing and forecasting performance, capital structure and dividends, valuing high-growth companies, and much more.
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Investor Insights - maintaining investor and auditor dialogue
- KPMG
Latest developments and perspectives on corporate reporting and stewardship for investors from KPMG
International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility
- SpringerOpen
An open access journal publishing research, literature reviews, and best practice around the subject of sustainable business strategies. Contributing authors explore the role of business in addressing sustainability challenges.
Guidance on directors duties: section 172 and stakeholder considerations
- GC100
This guidance aims to provide practical help to directors on their performance of the section 172 duty - to act, in good faith, in a way that you believe 'would be most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its shareholders as a whole'.
Navigating the stakeholder agenda: tackling the reporting challenge
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
Guidance designed to help companies and their boards show they have due regard for the stakeholders under section 172 of the Companies Act. Looks at what companies are currently doing and gives framework to help companies stakeholder engagement and how this should be reflected in the annual report.
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