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CFI Award: HKEx has Best Corporate Governance in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) is recognised by CFI’s award panel for ‘Best Corporate Governance, Hong Kong, 2013’. With the aim of being the global exchange of choice for Chinese clients and internationals seeking exposure to China, it

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Corporate Governance, 2013: Vestas Wins in Denmark

Vestas Wind Systems A/S wins CFI’s award for ‘Best Corporate Governance, 2013’. The panel decided that the approach taken by all the Danish companies considered for the corporate governance award was outstanding and that this reflected extremely well on Denmark’s

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Swiss Re Wins Award for Best Corporate Governance, Switzerland, 2013

There are few industries where stakeholders have more to lose than in reinsurance and accordingly the strength of corporate governance is critical. The panel were impressed in particular by the continual assessment and development of Swiss RE’s corporate governance standards.

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CFI.co Corporate Governance Winner, Germany, 2013

BASF wins Best Corporate Governance, Germany, 2013.  The overall standard of corporate governance in Germany is outstanding and the judges commented that almost all of the short listed candidates would have have been winners had they been located in other

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New Leaders in the UAE: Award for Emirates

The airline is now the largest employer in the UAE and shows a high level of concern for the welfare of its 62,000 workers – many of whom are far away from their homelands. The Emirates fleet is young and

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CalPERS Wins USA Corporate Governance Award 2013

CalPERS stands out as an example of the highest level of corporate governance and wins the 2013 award in the United States. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefits to some 1.6 million public sector employees and retirees in California and

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Award Winner Optima Energia, Mexico: Delivering Energy Saving Solutions without Up-Front Costs

The CFI.co judging panel was unanimous in declaring Optima Energia winner of its 2012 award for ‘Best Sustainable Energy Technology, Mexico’.  Its president, Enrique Gomez-Junco, a Wharton Business Transformation Award winner and CNN Entrepreneur of the Year (2006) is to

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Three Principles and Strong Corporate Leadership win Award for Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Corporation – the multinational conglomerate – refers to itself more humbly as a ‘community of independent companies’. The independents are tied together by their wholehearted acceptance of the ‘Three Principles’, namely corporate social responsibility; integrity and fairness; and global

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Lukoil Russia: Obvious Choice as Corporate Leader, 2012

According the CFI judging panel, LUKOIL, Russia is a model of transparency and good governance and an obvious choice as a Corporate Leader in Europe. LUKOIL generates a mass of favourable statistics. It ranks as the 40th largest company in

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Steel Giant is one of CFI’s Corporate Leaders, 2012

Arcelor Mittal is a global leader in steel and mining. The CFI judging panel pointed to the philanthropy as well as the extraordinary business acumen of chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal who founded the Mittal Steel Company in 1976 (Arcelor

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