The Government Equalities Office has published a press release in which it announced that the Government has asked the Financial Reporting Council to consider including a new principle in the UK Combined Code on Corporate Governance (aka the UK Corporate Governance Code) which would require companies to "report on what they're doing to get more women into their boardrooms".UK: female director recruitment - Government asks FRC to consider disclosure principle
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The Government Equalities Office has published a press release in which it announced that the Government has asked the Financial Reporting Council to consider including a new principle in the UK Combined Code on Corporate Governance (aka the UK Corporate Governance Code) which would require companies to "report on what they're doing to get more women into their boardrooms".
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