Fund managers are pressing UK businesses to get better at talking about their staff — stressing the importance of issues such as health and safety, career development and gender diversity to companies’ share prices, in a new report published today.

The report has been drawn up by the Financial Reporting Council, which oversees corporate governance and reporting standards, with input from fund managers including Schroders, which has £444.4bn under management, and Legal & General Investment Management, which has £1.1tn.