Lithuania: OECD report on corporate governance

As part of the process leading to Lithuania's accession to the OECD, a report on corporate governance in Lithuania has been prepared: see here.

OECD Corporate Governance Factbook - second edition published

Yesterday the OECD published the second edition of its Corporate Governance Factbook: see here (pdf). The book provides information on all OECD member countries as well as Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

Lithuania: governance code for companies listed on NASDAQ OMX Vilnius added to ECGI directory

The codes and principles directory maintained by the European Corporate Governance Institute was updated yesterday with a copy of the corporate governance code for companies listed on NASDAQ OMX Vilnius: see here.

UK: women on boards - Prime Minister has not ruled out quotas

The UK's Prime Minister made comments yesterday at the Northern Future Forum in Stockholm regarding board diversity and said that whilst he did not favour quotas the Government had not ruled out their introduction: see here and here. The countries taking part in the meeting - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the UK - have contributed to a document which provides some interesting information on board diversity and measures that have been taken: see here (pdf).

Baltic States: guidance on the governance of Government owned enterprises

The codes and principles directory maintained by the European Corporate Governance Institute has been updated to include a copy of the guidance on the governance of Government-owned enterprises published by the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance: see here (pdf).