ESG Archive

– The Wall Street Journal reported that Xerox increased its offer to buy HP. The company said it met with some of HP’s largest shareholders before raising its bid. It said it expects to launch a campaign to buy shares directly from investors early next month. ‘The tender offer announced today will enable these stockhol...

Trillium filed nine board or executive diversity proposals in 2019, up from four last year. What’s behind that focus? These shareholder proposals on executive team diversity were the first of their kind to be filed. This first effort was a proof of concept to see what the results and outcomes would be, and we thought it was very positive both in terms of companies making commitments to improve diversity and, when we did need to go to a vote, getti...

The governance team at Chesapeake is a small and tight-knit group that, despite its lack of numbers, lends a helping and expert hand to a wide array of projects. Stacie Roberts was promoted in May 2019 to assistant vice president of corporate governance and continues to report directly to the company’s executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief policy and risk officer. In terms of full-time staff, her team comprises governance managers Heidi...

As proxy statements continue to evolve into glossier, more visually engaging publications, the number of people involved can increase – as can budgets. But for NorthWestern Energy that isn’t an option. The two-person corporate secretary team is responsible for drafting the language, gathering the data and drawing the charts, says Tim Olson, senior corporate counsel and corporate secretary at the company. Olson says he and his colleague Emily Larkin, assistant co...