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Below we have described some of the sites covering corporate governance and related issues that we have found most useful. Simply click on the web site address to visit any one of these sites.

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Davis Global Advisors
Stephen Davis is one of the most knowledgeable commentators on the international governance scene. DGA provides consulting services, and is the publisher of the weekly 'Global Proxy Watch' fax/email newsletter. A sample issue may be viewed.
www.davisglobal.com

The Corporate Library
An online governance news and research facility, founded by veteran governance activists Robert Monks and Nell Minow. Contains a vast library of governance-related material, and offers briefings on current news and research projects.
www.thecorporatelibrary.com

The Corporate Governance Network
A large site managed by James McRitchie. A considerable source of news and information on the US governance scene, and a 12-page list of useful links.
www.corpgov.net

Breaking Views
Online as-it-happens financial comment, led by former Financial Times Lex column editor, Hugo Dixon.
www.breakingviews.com

The EDGEvantage Community
News and briefings on governance, corporate accountability, etc.
www.newsdirections.com

EDIE.NET
www.edie.net is Europe’s leading online news and information service for professionals in the environment sector. It can be used free of charge, and offers a daily international news services, detailed technical articles and comprehensive jobs and supplier databases.
www.edie.net

Pensions & Investments
The leading US pensions magazine
www.pionline.com

Pensions World
The leading UK pensions magazine
www.pensionsworld.co.uk

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have a dedicated Corporate Governance website. The website has been created as an information portal for businesses all over the world - keeping them up to date on the latest developments in the area of corporate governance. Each week it is updated with a news story. Each month, it posts a case study analysing a particular company's corporate governance experience.
www.iccwbo.org/cg.htm

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UK

Pensions and Investments Research Consultants (PIRC)
Site includes a document library with a substantial volume of PIRC's research and analysis.
www.pirc.co.uk

Manifest
Offers a detailed description of the service, including sample analysis.
www.manifest.co.uk

Institutional Design
Institutional Design is a research based corporate governance consulting and information firm serving the corporate community.
www.institutionaldesign.com

Nestor Advisors Ltd
Nestor Advisors Ltd, a London-based consultancy, is among the first to focus exclusively on corporate governance advice to corporations and other institutional clients. It was founded in 2002 by Stilpon Nestor, a leading corporate governance expert. Until March 2002, he was the head of the Corporate Affairs Division at the OECD, in charge of corporate governance, privatization, insolvency and corporate restructuring.
www.nestoradvisors.com

International

Institutional Shareholder Services
ISS is a leading proxy advisory firm in the US. Sample analysis is available on the site, and subscribers can download ISS's weekly 'Friday Report' on proxy issues.
www.isstf.com

International Institute for Self-governance
International Institute for Self-governance custom designs the governance architecture of organisations to provide sustainable, reliable competitive advantages. The Principal, Dr. Shann Turnbull also rates governance systems and undertakes forensic analysis. http://www.aprim.net/associates/turnbull.htm


Proxy Monitor
Led by ex-ISS president, Jamie Heard, Proxy Monitor is promoting an electronic voting delivery service.
www.theproxymonitor.com

Deminor
Deminor is a Brussels and Paris based research firm, which has led the way in grading the corporate governance performance of companies across Europe.
www.deminor.be

Proxinvest
Proxinvest is the leading French advisor on corporate governance issues, and is active in highlighting shareholder-unfriendly moves at French companies.
www.proxinvest.com

IRRC
The Investor Responsibility Research Center combines corporate governance and corporate responsibility. A key source of information on the shareholder activist strategies of socially responsible investors.
www.irrc.org

Institutional Analysis
A partner of the London-based Institutional Design firm, Institutional Analysis is based in Melbourne, Australia. It is a research and advisory firm offering corporate governance analysis of both Australian and Asian markets.
www.institutionalanalysis.com

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BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

UK

Institute of Directors
The IoD represents 47,000 UK company directors. Download details of the IoD's Chartered Director initiative, and numerous IoD publications on boardroom and governance issues.
www.iod.co.uk

Institute of Directors/Ernst & Young Independent Director Initiative
A programme of workshops and seminars designed to demonstrate the value of independent directors.
www.independentdirector.co.uk

Independent Direction
An online recruitment and human resources database for venture capitalists, companies and non-executive director candidates.
www.indep.co.uk
www.nednet.com

Independent Direction Directors Advisory Service
The Independent Direction Directors Advisory Service is a career counselling service for senior directors who have reached a crossroads in their careers. It is especially valuable for those considering a second, independent or portfolio career. The IDDAS approach centres on the focused transfer of experience from mentors, coaches and advisers all of whom have highly successful track records at major company board level. IDDAS support is driven by experience, directly relevant, tailored and highly practical. 
www.iddas.com

Net Resource Services
Recruitment service linking non-executive director candidates to companies, particularly smaller ones.
www.nonexecdirector.co.uk

Voices of Experience
Voices of Experience Limited is a professional search and selection firm specialising in non-executive directors ('NEDs') and non-executive chairmen. Clients include publicly quoted companies, leveraged buyouts, privately-owned family firms, venture capital-funded start-ups and the public sector. 
www.voices-of-experience.com

ITNEA
ITNEA is an independent association for non executive directors in listed companies in the IT, telecommunications and technology based media sectors. Governance is one of our areas of focus.
www.itnea.net

The Non-Executive Director
The Non-Executive Director has been designed to serve executives who are serious about Non-Executive Director and Trustee roles. It provides access to authoritative information, unique research and distilled knowledge. This is the only national service for Non-Executive Directors which brings together leading recruitment companies, major executive institutions and thought leaders to provide a comprehensive service for those interested in the Non-Executive and Trustee market. The service is provided in association with Ernst & Young.
www.exec-appointments.com

Board Directions
Board Directions is dedicated to providing directors with access to the information needed to become an even more effective leader. We promote the knowledge and understanding of good corporate governance, emphasising its importance, both to control and manage business risk, and also to improve and enhance business performance.
www.scottishdirector.com/board_directions

International

Corporate Directors Forum
US based. Provides education and training for directors and executives.
www.directorsforum.com

Boardroom INSIDER
The site gives details of publications by veteran US board watcher, Ralph Ward. Get details on both print and online newsletters, or purchase Ward's books on board and director effectiveness.
www.boardroominsider.com

Directorship Online
A monthly magazine covering boardroom issues from a mainly US perspective.
www.directorship.com

The National Association of Corporate Directors
The principal professional body for US directors. The Association has taken a tough line on governance, and has sponsored influential work on issues such as executive and directors pay, and the role of board committees.
www.nacdonline.org

Belgian Directors Institute
The main trade body for Belgian directors.
www.ivb-ida.com

Institute of Directors in Ireland
The main trade body for Irish directors.
www.commerce.ie/iod/index.html

Australian Institute of Company Directors
The main trade body for Australian directors.
www.companydirectors.com.au

KPMG Audit Committee Institute
How can audit committees be made to function more effectively. Consultants KPMG offer detailed guidance.
www.us.kpmg.com/auditcommittee

BoardWorks International
An Australasian-based firm of 'boardroom coaches', offering board consulting and mentoring. The group publishes a bi-monthly periodical 'Good Governance', which focuses on issues and boardroom effectiveness.
www.boardworksinternational.com

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UK

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
The UK's leading body for company secretaries and corporate administrators in the public, private voluntary sectors, acting as a professional forum for 46,000 members.
www.icsa.org.uk

International

The American Society of Corporate Secretaries
The society represents 3,500 company secretaries, and their assistants. The ASCS has issued many publications on governance and proxy voting issues, and is a regular holder of conferences of interest.
www.ascs.org

The Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries
Representative body for Hong Kong chartered secretaries
www.hkics.org.hk

The South African Institute of Company Secretaries
Representative body for South African chartered secretaries
www.icsa.co.za

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UK

The Investor Relations Society
Membership body for those working in the IR field in the UK.
www.ir-soc.org.uk

International

Investor Relations
The international investor relations magazine.
www.irmag.com

National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
A US advocacy organisation whose mission is to "advance the practice of investor relations and the professional competency of its members."
www.niri.org

Investor Relations Information Network
A US online database providing access to financial information, press releases.
www.irin.com

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UK

Hermes Investment Management
Hermes is one of the UK's most activist and vocal institutional investors. The site includes the full set of Hermes voting principles, a dedicated section on corporate governance, and details of the Hermes Lens UK Focus Fund.
www.hermes.co.uk

Association of British Insurers
One of the two major bodies representing UK institutional investors. The site includes details of the ABI's Institutional Voting Information Service, which includes governance guidelines, sample reports, and lists of company meetings by name and date.
www.abi.org.uk

National Association of Pension Funds
NAPF members account for £450 billion of pension fund assets. The press office and publications rooms in the site contain information on NAPF work and policy positions on governance.
www.napf.co.uk

Association of Investment Trust Companies
The AITC is a trade association of investment trusts. This site is largely given over to advice for individual investors interested in investing. Performance figures are available, and AITC publications.
www.aitc.co.uk

The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum
The Forum is an alliance of 25 local authority funds, which is increasingly active in governance and corporate responsibility issues. The site offers details of the Forum's campaigns. The LAPFF's secretariat is provided by PIRC (see above).
www.lapfforum.org

Pensionsnet
An online platform for the European pension fund industry, which aims to bring "greater transparency within the industry and to bring together pension funds and their advisers in an environment that promotes the free flow of information, communication and understanding."
www.pensionsnet.com

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International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
A loose affiliation of institutional investors representing $10 trillion in investment capital. The ICGN is becoming increasingly influential as the voice of international institutions.
www.icgn.org

The Council of Institutional Investors
Represents more than $1.5 trillion of US institutional assets, the CII has become one of the most important players on the US scene. The website includes policy positions, target lists, and sample publications.
www.cii.org

The California Public Employees' Retirement System
The $160 billion CalPERS is the 'big enchilada' of US corporate governance. The governance forum site includes full text version of speeches, press releases, CalPERS' national and international codes of principles, a list of companies targeted for activist measures, and a list of votes taken at CalPERS 100 largest portfolio companies.
www.calpers-governance.org

The California State Teachers' Retirement System
Though frequently overshadowed by CalPERS, CalSTRS is a giant fund with a history of activism.
www.calstrs.ca.gov


Florida State Board of Administration
Frequently making waves at companies.
www.fsba.state.fl.us

New York State Teachers' Retirement System
One of several large, and highly active New York public funds.
www.nystrs.org

TIAA-CREF
The world's largest pension fund is becoming increasingly active both at home in the US and abroad. The fund's statement on corporate governance is available.
www.tiaa-cref.org

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World Federation of Investors
A global organisation of investment clubs and individual shareholder associations, dedicated to wider share ownership
www.wfic.org

American Association of Individual Investors
Lobbies on behalf of US retail investors.
www.aaii.org


DSW
The principal shareholder group in Germany is primarily active on behalf of individual investors. Increasingly making its voice heard across Europe.
www.dsw-info.de

iBullhorn
Describes itself as a "collaborative community built to enhance relationships between corporations and their investors." The site provides fee-based services to boards, executives and institutional and retail investors.
www.ibullhorn.com

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The Corporate Monitoring Project
Led by Mark Latham, the Project aims to use the internet to promote enhanced corporate oversight by making proxy voting advice available to individual shareholders.
www.corpmon.com

eRaider
eRaider aims to galvanise retail investors in troubled small to midsize US companies. The eRaider site offers a sizeable archive of governance news, analysis, and opinion as well as bulletin boards.
www.eraider.com

Shareowner
This Australian site, in its own words, takes "will point out theft, corruption, deception, collusion, conflicts of interest and just plain old poor performance whenever and wherever it can."
www.shareowner.com.au

Webb-site
Former investment banker, Webb is based in Hong-Kong and provides independent commentary on business, finance, and investment and regulatory affairs in the ex-colony. Access is free.
www.webb-site.com

People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
A thorn in the side of South Korean conglomerates. PSPD is led by Professor Jang, who targets companies that abuse minority shareholders, both through the annual meeting process and the courts.
www.peoplepower21.org

Corporate Watch
Grassroots activist group targeting all forms of corporate misbehaviour.
www.corpwatch.org

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UK

Department of Trade & Industry
The government's monumental review of company law can be tracked at the Department of Trade & Industry's website, in the Activities and Resources Section. Other consultation documents are also available.
www.dti.gov.uk/cld/review.htm

Companies House
The home of statutorily-required UK company disclosure. The site describes the types and range of information kept at Companies House, and provides numerous advisory documents on the formation, management and liquidation of companies.
www.companies-house.gov.uk

London Stock Exchange
A considerable volume of market data, news releases and other information.
www.londonstockexchange.co.uk

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The Securities and Exchange Commission
The website of the principal US regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, contains an almost overwhelming volume of US company information. The site's EDGAR database includes all company filings going back to 1994.
www.sec.gov

SEDAR - Canada
The System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) is the database for Canadian companies corporate filings.
www.sedar.com

Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong
Details on Hong Kong securities law, etc.
www.hksfc.org.hk

Australian Securities & Investment Commission
Administers Australian securities and company law.
www.asc.gov.au

New Zealand Securities Commission
Administers New Zealand securities law.
www.sec-com.govt.nz

Russian Federal Commission for the Securities Market
Administers Russian securities law.
www.fe.msk.ru

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UK

Confederation of British Industry
The CBI is the UK's pre-eminent business group. This site includes details on CBI policy positions, economic surveys, and latest news. Limited information on governance topics.
www.cbi.org.uk

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Business Roundtable
A lobbying body for the CEOs of large US companies. Initially hostile to the governance movement in the early 1990s, the BRT has mellowed in recent years. BRT responses to key governance reforms may found on this site.
www.brtable.org

CAROL
UK and international annual reports online.
www.carol.co.uk

Corporate Information
Portal offering free corporate information on more than 300,000 companies worldwide.
www.corporateinformation.com

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ACCOUNTING & AUDIT

UK

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Britain's leading accountancy body. There is a detailed guide to the Institute's activities, and a considerable volume of information on internal control and risk issues may be downloaded.
www.icaew.co.uk

The Financial Reporting Council
The Accounting Standards Board
The Financial Reporting Review Panel
Three related sites from the bodies that develop and promulgate accounting standards in the UK. The sites contain information explaining the role of each body. Summaries of current accounting standards, definitive statements and press releases are available.
www.frc.org.uk
www.asb.org.uk
www.frrp.org.uk

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Professional accountancy body with 250,000 members worldwide. News, forthcoming events, publications, and services for members may be downloaded
www.acca.co.uk

Institute of Internal Auditors
The primary body for the internal auditing profession in the UK. Key areas of the site include details of the Institute's professional development programme, and links to a wide range of publications.
www.iia.org.uk

International

International Accounting Standards Committee
Representing 143 accountancy organisations in 104 countries, the IASC is an independent private-sector body working achieve uniformity in the accounting principles used by businesses around the world.
www.iasc.org.uk

The International Forum on Accountancy Development
IFAD seeks to "promote understanding by national governments of the value of transparent financial reporting, in accordance with sound corporate governance."
www.ifac.org

Financial Accounting Standards Board
US independent body for establishing and improving accounting and reporting standards
www.rutgers.edu/accounting/raw/fasb

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UK

Business in the Community
Business in the Community, and its sister group, Business in the Environment, is a well-resourced charity producing key research on the interaction of UK business and society.
www.bitc.org.uk

EDIE.NET
www.edie.net is Europe’s leading online news and information service for professionals in the environment sector. It can be used free of charge, and offers a daily international news services, detailed technical articles and comprehensive jobs and supplier databases.
www.edie.net

UK Social Investment Forum
The UKSIF is an advocacy body for socially responsible investors, banks, NGOs, charities and others. The site includes a membership directory and details on current campaigns.
www.uksif.org

Sustainability
UK-based management consultancy and think tank, dedicated to promoting the business case for sustainable development. The site outlines strategies for combining business success and environmental responsibility via a 'triple bottom line' measurement of company performance.
www.sustainability.co.uk

International

The International Corporate Environmental Reporting Site
Based in Holland, this site acts as an umbrella to the dozens of environmental reporting sites round the world. Includes a full index to relevant web sites, and an international environmental reporting news section.
www.enviroreporting.com

Sustainable Business Network
A networking tool for those interested in environmental and socially responsible business issues. The site acts as a depot for news, business ideas, and funding opportunity for the sustainability community.
www.sbn.envirolink.org

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
CERES is a non-profit coalition of investors, public pension funds, foundations, trades unions, and environmental and religious groups. It works in partnership with companies to promote corporate responsibility and improved environmental performance. Details of the Global Reporting Initiative are available.
www.ceres.org

Business for Social Responsibility
A San Francisco-based news and research group. The site includes plenty of useful links.
www.bsr.org

Team Production
The Team Production model of corporate governance counters the “shareholder primacy” response to recent corporate fraud and failures with a view of the corporation as a “team,” whose members may include employees, creditors, suppliers, consumers, and others, in addition to shareholders.
www.teamproduction.us

CSR Evaluator
The Evaluator is the first web-based diagnostic "results driven system" that will analyse the integrated economic, environmental, and social impacts across your company and provides the following outputs; a business statistical overview (including Maturity Index and Competency Rating), process improvement overview, risk management process alignment, CSR Audit overview, and workshop driven solutions
www.csrevaluator.com

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UK

Centre for Corporate Governance Research
Based at the University of Birmingham, and led by Dr Chris Mallin.
www.bham.ac.uk/business

Centre for International Corporate Governance
Based at the Nottingham Business School.
www.nbs.ntu.ac.uk

Henley Management College
Look, particularly, for the Centre for Board Effectiveness, led by Professor Bernard Taylor, which offers seminars, non-executive director training and research.
www.henleymc.ac.uk

Cranfield School of Management
The UK's leading provider of professional development for current and aspiring NEDs.
The Non-executive Directors' Seminar is run 4 times a year, led by Murray Steele.
www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive/NEDS

Centre for Public Governance
The Centre for Public Governance was established at the Office for Public Management (OPM) with the aim of working with governors to promote excellence in governance. As part of OPM, the Centre brings together expertise in leadership and organisational development with experience of working with those in governance roles supporting those in governance role in public and related services.
www.opm.co.uk/governance.html

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Corporate Governance Institute
San Diego State University
www.rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/corpgov

Corporate Governance Initiative for Bulgaria
Provides research on the Bulgarian market with a view to improving corporate governance and attracting capital.
www.csd.bg/cgi

Danish Corporate Governance Network
News, research, and useful links to mainly European governance sites.
www.dcgn.org

David O'Regan
Writer on auditing and accounting, with a focus on international internal auditing
www.davidoregan.co.uk

International Institute for Self-governance
International Institute for Self-governance provides education for governance architects to design and evaluate governance systems in the private, non-profit and public sector that is used as an MBA unit.
www.thecorporatelibrary.com/special/turnbull/Turnbull_GenPromo.pdf

The Conference Board
A sizeable international membership organisation, that aims to promote research and ideas sharing. The Conference Board's Corporate Governance Research Center, led by Dr Carolyn Brancato, which issues regular, international research on topics such as board structure and investor expectations.
www.conference-board.org

European Corporate Governance Institute
Successor to the European Corporate Governance Network, the Institute is an international group of academics and researchers. Site highlights include latest research publications and the largest collection of full texts of corporate governance codes and principles on the net.
www.ecgi.org

The Corporate Governance Association of Ireland
The CGAI is a professional association of members certified in corporate governance post graduate studies. It provides members with continuous professional development programmes and other resources to enable them maintain their authority in this continually evolving subject.
www.cgai.ie 

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UK

Trades Union Congress
The leading representative of UK workers.
www.tuc.org.uk

International

AFL-CIO
America's principal trade union body, representing 13 million employees. The group has become significantly active on governance issues in recent years, and has become a leading sponsor of shareholder resolutions, especially on pay issues. The Executive Paywatch area of the site tracks the spiralling levels of US managers' compensation.
www.aflcio.org

Australian Council of Trade Unions
The leading representative of Australian workers.
www.actu.asn.au

INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

OECD
The Paris-based international economic development agency provides a tonne of governance information. Its groundbreaking international best practice code may be downloaded in full. OECD news, and updates on its work in individual companies, is also available.
www.oecd.org

The World Bank
The World Bank has set out to become the leader of improved governance in emerging markets. The site offers a sizeable archive of extant academic research and analysis on all aspects of corporate governance and board performance. A useful place to start collecting material.
www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/privatesector/cg

Global Corporate Governance Forum
An initiative of the World Bank and OECD, the Forum seeks to improve corporate governance in emerging markets. Fill in the online survey, which will add to the Forum's sizeable 'inventory' of governance activity worldwide.
www.gcgf.org

World Council for Corporate Governance
The World Council for Corporate Governance was established as an independent international network aimed to galvanise good governance practices world-wide as a part of the recommendations of the 1st International Conference on Corporate Governance held in January 2001 in New Delhi.
www.wcfcg.net

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