Chapter specific web links:
Give me an example 17.1
Details of Taylor Wimpey’s corporate governance policies can be found at https://www.taylorwimpey.co.uk/corporate/our-company/governance/our-policies
Give me an example 17.2, 17.3, 17.4 and 17.5
The corporate governance report of Taylor Wimpey plc for the year ended 31 December 2019 is available in the annual report and accounts at https://www.taylorwimpey.co.uk/corporate/investors/2019-annual-report. The corporate governance report can be found on pages 59 to 139.
The quotations and sources of the information presented in these examples can be found on the following pages of the above annual report and accounts:
Give me an example 17.2: pages 64-67
Give me an example 17.3: pages 98 and 101
Give me an example 17.4: page 80
Give me an example 17.5: page 76. See also pages 32-43 and 77-81 for further detail
Give me an example 17.6
Unilever’s strategy for sustainable business can be found at https://www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/our-strategy/
Give me an example 17.7
The performance to December 2019 of Unilever’s sustainable living plan can be found at https://www.unilever.com/Images/uslp-performance-summary-2019_tcm244-549815_en.pdf
The total shareholder return graph can be found in Unilever’s annual report and accounts on page 76 at https://www.unilever.com/Images/unilever-annual-report-and-accounts-2019_tcm244-547893_en.pdf
Further reading:
The UK Corporate Governance Code available at
The Financial Reporting Council Guide on Board Effectiveness available at https://www.frc.org.uk/getattachment/61232f60-a338-471b-ba5a-bfed25219147/2018-Guidance-on-Board-Effectiveness-FINAL.PDF
The Financial Reporting Council Guidance on Audit Committees available at https://www.frc.org.uk/getattachment/6b0ace1d-1d70-4678-9c41-0b44a62f0a0d/Guidance-on-Audit-Committees-April-2016.pdf
Craig Deegan and Anne-Marie Ward, Financial Accounting and Reporting: An International Approach, McGraw Hill, Part 9, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
Jennifer Maynard, Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis, 2nd Edition, Oxford, Chapter 3, Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Ethics
IESBA Handbook of the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants available at https://www.ifac.org/system/files/publications/files/IESBA-Handbook-Code-of-Ethics-2018.pdf