The 2018 governance landscape is being dominated by a number of major events which have Boards and management teams racing to ask — ‘tell me we don’t do that, do we?’
Context for governance in 2018
The year started with Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest investor, commenting as follows in his annual letter to shareholders:
‘…to prosper over time, every company must not only deliver financial performance, but also show how it makes a positive contribution to society…Companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers and the communities in which they operate...’
