Excellence in Corporate Governance - Mannvit.is
Article - 24/04/2019

Excellence in Corporate Governance

Mannvit has received a recognition for Excellence in Corporate Governance. The recognition was awarded by the Center for Corporate Governance on April 12th at the University of Iceland. Mr. Gunnar Herbertsson, member of the board of Mannvit, accepted the recognition along with fourteen other companies awarded this year. This recognition awarded to Mannvit for the 7th time, further strengthens one of the core values of Mannvit, which is trust.

The recognitions are awarded to encourage discussion and actions towards better corporate governance and to provide companies a formal evaluation of their actions towards better governance. The goal of the award is to increase the trustworthiness and transparency of corporate governance towards their shareholders and other stakeholders. The companies awarded have followed a guideline and undergone a special audit by KPMG. The guidelines are created by Nasdaq Iceland, the Iceland Chamber of Commerce and SA-Business Iceland (Organization for Icelandic businesses).

Other companies also receiving the recognition at the conference were; Vörður hf., Kvika hf., Sýn hf., Reginn hf., Isavia ohf., Reitir hf., EIK fasteignafélag hf., Arion banki hf., Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson ehf., Tryggingamiðstöðin hf., Landsbankinn hf., Íslandsbanki hf., Íslandssjóðir hf. og Stefnir hf.