HKEx Publishes Review of Listed Companies’ Corporate Governance Practices and Practitioner’s Insights on ESG
On 11 December 2020, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the HKEx) published findings from its latest Review of Issuers’ Corporate Governance Practices1 and market practitioners’ insights entitled “Making inroads into good Corporate Governance and ESG management”.2 The review of corporate governance report disclosures in 2019 found a general improvement in issuers’ compliance with the Corporate Governance Code and Corporate Governance Report (the Corporate Governance Code). Going forward, the HKEx seeks to instil an appropriate attitude towards corporate governance and ESG within issuers through the publication of guidance materials.
