CGIO unveils 2018 results of the Singapore Governance and Transparency Index

SingTel and CapitaLand Mall Trust have been ranked as the most well-governed and transparent listed companies in Singapore, according to the Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations’ (CGIO) Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI). Launched on 6 August, the tenth edition of the ranking featured 589 companies and 43 REITs…

CGIO Masterclass Series Family Business Forum

More than 50 business leaders from the region including Malaysia and Indonesia attended a Masterclass Series on Family Business in a forum organised by the Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) of NUS Business School on Friday, 20 October 2017. The lectures were delivered by four of NUS Business…

A song on field service projects

BBA students Chloe Chng Hui Shan, Foo Hui Yun, Pang Ye Fun and Tan Xin Yi worked on a field service project (FSP) entitled “A New Corporate Governance Framework for Trusts in Singapore” with the Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) earlier this year. Their work was incorporated into the…

New awards launched to encourage sustainability reporting

On Monday, 10 July, the Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO), together with Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (SIAS), launched two new awards and gave investors and public companies an important platform to provide feedback on existing scorecards.

A masterclass on embracing sustainability for companies

Corporate giving takes on a new meaning at the Company of Good Fellowship Programme developed by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) in 2017. Assoc Prof Lawrence Loh, Director at the Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) of NUS Business School was invited by NVPC to teach and…

Scoring Singapore

Close to 300 directors and top management attended the Launch of the Board Risk Committee Guide and ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) 2016 event organised by Singapore Institute of Directors (SID). The ACGS is an initiative of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum and the Asian Development Bank to create a…

CGIO presents update on its Sustainability Reporting project

Legislative action drives up sustainability reporting. The positive impact by regulatory action becomes more obvious when there are higher levels of disclosure in indicators that require mandatory reporting, according to the Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO). This result was presented in a recent session where CGIO gave an…

CGIO partners with ASEAN CSR Network for key study on sustainability reporting

The Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) is joining forces with the ASEAN CSR Network to undertake a study on sustainability reporting in Singapore. This research project is especially relevant given that Singapore Exchange (SGX) hopes to get companies to ‘comply or explain’ when it publishes its guidelines on…

Diversity Makes a Positive Difference

A recent study on diversity in Asia Pacific boardrooms established that companies that have at least 10 per cent of their board seats held by women perform better financially.