‘Beyond Regulation: the Stewardship Economy’ - the agenda of the Good Governance Forum - was presented by Tony Manwaring, Chief Executive, at the Tomorrow's Company Good Governance Forum Conference on 9th March 2011.

Beyond Regulation: improving corporate governance in the UK and beyond. The conference will provide industry insights from senior figures in the business community and the practical tools to help you improve the quality of what you do in the boardroom. Toolkits have been developed by the Good Governance Forum, set up after the financial crisis in response to questions around the effectiveness of corporate governance. Attendees will also have the chance to be involved an interactive boardroom conversation workshop. The event will address corporate governance in the morning and stewardship in the afternoon. This will be followed by a drinks reception and dinner.

A speech given by Sir David Walker at the Tomorrow's Company lecture on 'Stewardship in practice: Renewing behaviours and changing cultures in the City' - this was given on 19th May 2010 at Gresham College, London.

This draft response sets out Tomorrow’s Company’s vision for an effective Stewardship Code submitted to the FRC in April 2010.

In the UK, the US and many other countries, existing board election processes mean shareholders rely almost entirely on existing board members to identify board candidates. In the vast majority of cases, shareholders have no real say over who is chosen to represent their interests and those of the company they own. Board nomination committees are sub-committees of the board itself. Over the last 10 years, Sweden has moved away from such a system. This report examines the Swedish experience of shareholders taking this key governance function into their own hands. The report also considers lessons that can be drawn for governance in the UK and other countries with dispersed shareholdings.  It  concludes with an agenda for action by listed companies, institutional investors, the Institutional Shareholders Committee  and the Financial Reporting Council.