The UK has the world’s first code for investor stewardship. Improving the quality and quantity of investor stewardship will help make the code a working reality. 20/20 vision is needed to clarify what is meant by investor stewardship and to find ways to help investors and companies put this into practice building on many years of progress in UK corporate governance. Introducing value-adding stewardship programmes takes time but we anticipate full and effective implementation will have been achieved by 2020. Our ideas are aimed at the UK but we believe that they will be of value in other markets. We believe that a critical mass of investor stewards is vital. We also recognise that not every shareholder can or needs to be a good steward. There is nothing wrong in NOT signing up to the Stewardship Code when an institutional investor has products that are not suitable, or is too small, or is a non-believer in the benefits of stewardship. The findings in this report represent both our...

This presentation was shown by Bill Becker, Executive Director of Presidential Climate Action Plan (PCAP), to support his speech at the event 'The Future we want' organized by Tomorrow's Company.It focuses on the state of play in Washington looking forward to Copenhagen - and explores the power of creating a positive vision of a post-carbon future.The panel that joined this event was formed by: Richard Gillies, Director of Plan A and Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer Richard John, Head of Sustainability at AECOM Europe; and Dr Jan Ole Kiso, Office of Climate Change, Department of Energy and Climate Change.You can listen to his presentation and the rest of the panel's contributions here.

Paper by Mark Goyder: Capitalism is in trouble because stewardship is failing. The world needs shareholders whose priorities and behaviors are aligned with the long-term interests of the company, and with the health of the soil in which it is being nourished.  

This discussion paper by Graham Hubbard of the University of Adelaide is part of a project being undertaken with Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and Tomorrow’s Company on the impact that sustainability reporting frameworks have on their users.

A New Mindset for Corporate Sustainability