Corporate Governance Strategic Priorities

Corporate Governance Strategic Priorities (2021 to 2023)

The Corporate Governance Strategic Priorities 2021 – 2023 (CG Strategic Priorities) is a critical component of the Capital Market Masterplan 3 (CMP3), anchored on six key development and regulatory priorities. The CG Strategic Priorities will focus on five thrusts
and 11 strategic initiatives to among others, strengthen board capacity in addressing sustainability, scale up investor stewardship, enhance availability of corporate governance (CG) data through the use of digital tools, and further develop the collaboration with universities to deepen engagement with youth on corporate governance.

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strategic priorities

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1

STRENGTHEN BOARD LEADERSHIP FOR AGILE AND RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

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STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2

STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE FITNESS OF BOARDS

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3

SUPPORT INVESTOR STEWARDSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 4

LEVERAGE DIGITAL TOOLS TO ENHANCE CG TRANSPARENCY

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 5

DEEPEN ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUTH ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

KEY THRUSTS AND INITIATIVES

Board Leadership

ESG Fitness of boards

Stewardship and Engagement

Digital Tools to Enhance CG Transparency

Youth and CG

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Board leadership for agile and responsible business

Emphasis on strategic board refreshment and enhancing the continuous professional development framework for boards, with a revamped mandatory onboarding programme for directors of listed companies

Strengthening Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Fitness of Boards

Providing capacitybuilding support for boards on sustainability. Widening the availability of sustainability information through an enhanced reporting framework and annual progress report in the SC’s Corporate Governance Monitor (CG Monitor) report.

Supporting investor activism and stewardship

Improving retail shareholder-board engagement on governance through investor education, and supporting impact-stewardship by institutional investors through the Malaysian government’s PERKUKUH programme.

Leveraging digital tools to enhance CG transparency

Improving stakeholders’ access to current and reliable corporate governance information.

Deepening engament with youth on CG

Exploring research collaborations with universities to enrich youth exposure to corporate governance and empirical evidence and observations on corporate governance.