Institutions

Where governance trends and trust are forged

Supervisors, central banks, securities regulators, stock market operators, rating agencies, director institutes and universities. Independent data, joint research and public-policy advisory.

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The starting point

Governance practices and their evolution

Governance underpins stability and public trust, and both rest on evidence that is independent and comparable. We supply that evidence.

  • A baseline before a code revision
    Revising a governance code without a measured picture of current practice is drafting in the dark. The baseline decides which provisions change behaviour and which are complied with on paper.
  • Comparability across markets
    Cross-border assessment needs one method applied consistently.
  • Evidence a policy can stand on
    Consultation responses and supervisory findings hold up when the underlying data is independent, documented and reproducible by a third party.
  • Series, not snapshots
    Policy effect only becomes visible over time. A single year of data cannot distinguish a trend from a fluctuation.
Why Ethics & Boards

What we bring

Ethics & Boards built an independent governance dataset before it built anything else. Institutions are the constituency that dataset was made for.

An independent dataset, methodology disclosed
Structured governance data on listed companies worldwide — board composition and functioning, remuneration, CSR governance, risk governance, directors' skills and shareholder voting — with 450 indicators defined before collection.
At home with supervisors
We work with market supervisors and central banks on several continents, and we understand the supervisor's point of view. Our figures are built to be cited, and to be checked.
Market-wide diagnostics
Annual and thematic barometers, including the European Corporate Governance Barometer and board composition barometers.
Public policy development
Corporate governance code development and revision, state ownership policy design, governance monitoring frameworks, and the methodologies and tools that support them.
Senior practitioners throughout
Your mandate is led by senior advisors who combine experience with regulators and international institutions — some have been regulators themselves — with corporate governance know-how. Senior from kick-off to delivery.
The offering

What we deliver for institutions

Eight engagements across data provision, joint research and public-policy advisory.

Data & Research
Governance Intelligence & Data Provision
Structured access to our global dataset — board, remuneration, ESG and shareholder voting — by export, platform or API.
Ad Hoc Joint Research
Co-authored governance research combining our data with institutional knowledge, for publication or policy use.
Tailored Research & Benchmarking
Bespoke governance research and benchmarking for regulatory, supervisory or academic purposes.
Governance Data Collection
The Data collection solution for supervisors and owners — the companies you oversee file their governance data, every entry is validated by a person, and you track the gaps against your own framework.
Policy & Market Diagnostics
Governance Codes, State Ownership & Public Policy Advisory
Expert input on governance code development, revision and implementation, on regulatory consultation processes, and on state ownership policies — with state asset agencies and ministries, the governance updates, methodologies and tools that make state ownership more effective.
Market-Wide Diagnostics & Barometers
Annual and thematic barometers, co-authored with institutes of directors to support their visibility and knowledge sharing.
Report on Corporate Governance Practices
Bespoke market-level governance reports for regulators, supervisors and standard-setters.
Supervisory Process Support
Support to central banks and supervisors on corporate governance regulation in the financial sector, and on strengthening the corresponding elements of the supervisory process.
Track record

The barometers markets work from

Ethics & Boards is a reference partner for national and international institutions that consult us on governance analysis, benchmarks and market research.

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2010
Established in Paris
Barometers we co-author
Board composition — France with the IFA · Europe with ecoDa.
Gender diversity — France and Europe with the IFA · automotive with WAVE · asset management, global · Switzerland with the CSDA.
Remuneration — CEO compensation on the CAC 40 · the climate in CEO remuneration policy, with the IFA and Chapter Zero.
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Revising a code, or building a baseline?

Governance data for a market-wide study, joint research, expert input on a code revision — tell us what you are building, and let's discuss it.

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