Corporate boards play a central role in corporate governance and therefore are regulated in the corporate law and corporate governance codes of all industrialized countries. Yet while there is a common core of rules on the boards, considerable differences remain, not only in detail, but...

France and Europe are at the forefront of ESG regulation. They have taken steps that go far beyond mere reporting requirements, aiming at designing a new capitalism. This will have significant consequences for European companies, but also for non-European companies doing business in Europe, as...