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Business governance experts in Canada have told Board Agenda how they think companies can maximise the ability and performance of their non-executive board members.

Their comments come as concern about the effectiveness of non-execs in Canada has been piqued by media reports that Pierre Beaudoin, a director of Montréal-based comms and finance conglomerate Power Corp, had 20.28% of shareholder votes withheld at a director election in May – usually such elections proffer 100% support.…

Diversity and inclusion: linking culture and accounting’ was the theme for the annual general meeting of ACCA Canada, held at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum on June 16. In a special presentation, Stephen Shea, EY Canada’s Managing Partner, Talent, explained why the financial sector needed to embrace diversity and inclusion, a concern that is now sufficiently mainstreamed to have its own acronym – D&I. …

THE UK’s personal care and cosmetics industry faces uncertainty and potential future trade challenges with the European Union (EU) following the 52% to 48% June 23 referendum vote to leave the EU. “No longer being part of a single market for the free circulation of goods and no longer being a key player in the development of legislation governing those goods will be a major challenge to the cosmetics industry as it will be to all other sectors of the UK industry,” Chris Flower, director-general of the UK’s Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association (CTPA), told Soap Perfumery and Cosmetics.…

Global travel fraud has been increasing sharply as a result of burgeoning numbers of online travel and accommodation booking websites available to consumers. Vanessa Sinders, senior vice president of government affairs at the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), said there were 15 million online hotel bookings in 2015 in the USA that were affected by fraudulent scams, such as third-party rogue websites that look to the consumer like a hotel website, though they have no actual affiliation, or hacking legitimate accounts on social media and setting up fake advertisements for holiday packages or accommodations that do not exist.…

Tough regulation and a willingness for law enforcement authorities to crack down hard on fraudsters seems to be doing its job of curbing mortgage appraisal fraud in both the United States and the United Kingdom as the number of cases is falling.…

THE UK’s vote yesterday (June 23) to quit the European Union (EU) creates deep uncertainty over the shape of future food and drink regulations in Britain. The same applies to market access for companies operating from Britain or seeking to export to its consumers.…

AS the UK and the European Union (EU) digest the result of the June 23 referendum vote to leave the EU, all options are under consideration. However, short of an unexpected collapse of the movement towards Brexit, reformed future EU-UK relations are likely to complicate existing civil aviation arrangements within Europe.…

The Russian government has decided to ease its extended embargo on imports of food and agricultural products to Russia from Western countries, according to the Russian ministry of agriculture. 

An official statement said exports from the European Union, USA, Norway, Australia and Canada of poultry meat, frozen beef, plus dried and frozen vegetables used to make baby food in Russia would be allowed into the country.…

Innovative reusable feminine hygiene products have recently gained popularity amongst women, and experts say this segment is poised to challenge the traditional disposable product industry worldwide.

The global retail sales of panty-liners, tampons and pads in 2015 were USD30 billion, up from USD29 billion in 2014 – a growth rate of 3.5%, according to Svetlana Uduslivaia, head of tissue and hygiene at UK-based market research firm, Euromonitor International.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission’s trade directorate general and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office have said that they will be assessing the impact of Britain’s anticipated exit from the European Union (EU) on the planned EU-US Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP).…