Sentence examples for Modest governance from inspiring English sources

The New York Stock Exchange did adopt modest governance requirements for listed companies.

While she said she was pleased with the progress she had made on diversity and inclusion issues, she said the structure of the FA board and the FA council make it very difficult to force through even modest governance changes that would bring the organisation into the modern era.

At that same FA Council meeting, even modest reforms to governance were stalled amid the dispute over Bernstein's future.

Meeting even the modest goals of routine governance could prove to be a tall order this time around.

As the country convulsed in unrest, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) together with the UN intervened attempting to stabilize the situation by making modest reforms in the governance of Yemen.

The modest gains achieved in governance during this pilot-test become especially noteworthy in view of this tough security environment.

This is a relatively modest step toward returning basic governance to the chamber.

The civil-aid effort is absorbing vast sums to modest effect because of unresolved governance problems, not least the corruption that fuels the insurgency.

It is in the interest of institutional investors to make modest efforts toward promoting good governance structures as part of a long-term investment philosophy.

Many companies responded by making relatively modest changes to executive compensation or governance practices.

Last year, "we saw record-breaking votes for resolutions on auditor conflicts, golden parachutes, all sorts of issues that used to attract just modest support," said Carol Bowie, director for governance research at the Investor Responsibility Research Center.