Welcome to CGj, the monthly journal of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute 香港公司治理公會

General meetings – Hong Kong’s new statutory regime
On 28 April 2023, Hong Kong’s new statutory regime for holding general meetings came into effect. Benita Yu FCG HKFCG, Senior Partner, and Vincent Chan, Partner, Slaughter and May, update CGj readers on the new legal requirements and recommended good practices for...

Governance and sustainability – What are investors looking for?
In the first part of a two-part interview, CGj talks to Dr Christine Chow, board member, International Corporate Governance Network, and Head of Active Ownership at Credit Suisse Asset Management, about the role that investors and asset managers can play in promoting...

Gender balance and board effectiveness
Philip Sidney, Senior Associate, Lintstock, highlights the findings of a new Lintstock study indicating that better gender diversity on boards is not only a question of fairness, but of effectiveness. The growing momentum behind gender diversity on corporate boards...

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
Authors from City University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology make a case for an enhanced DEI workforce policy to bolster Hong Kong’s competitiveness and sustainable development, and put forward a number of practical suggestions for...

An inconvenient ‘partial truth’?
Stephanie Chan, Partner, Adrian PT Tang, Senior Associate, Louisa Wong, Associate, and Samantha Chan, Associate, Sidley Austin, summarise recent guidance from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) on the information disclosure requirements of the Listing Rules,...

CGj May 2023 (pdf version)
General meetings – Physical, virtual or hybrid? Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...

Skills for sustainability – part 1
CGj reviews a new certification course run by the Institute designed to upskill governance professionals in the fast-evolving ESG and sustainability areas of practice. The stark headline in the 26 January 2023 edition of the South China Morning Post was...