Technology & social mediaBoards lagging on cyber-security expertise, study finds Sep 25, 2023Noemi Distefano The number of directors with cyber-security expertise at S&P 500 companies remains low, with only 12 percent of firms having a...Read more
Regulatory & complianceManaging regulatory compliance risks in 2023 Jan 19, 2023Noemi Distefano Some of the risks companies face in the coming year will arise from pending regulatory changes and keeping pace with new reporting...Read more
Shareholders & activismGovernance professionals guide on preparing for 2023: Part 2 Nov 21, 2022Ben MaidenThere has been a proliferation of what some observers call ‘anti-ESG’ shareholder proposals – those that are very similar to other ESG...Read more
ESGInstitutional investor support for ESG proposals drops in 2022 Nov 01, 2022Noemi Distefano Amid a sharp rise in ESG shareholder proposals at US companies, a new report finds that average support for environmental proposals...Read more
ESGProxy season 2022: The story behind falling support for ESG proposals Sep 27, 2022Ben MaidenThe 2022 proxy season has had a touch of the Rorschach test about it, based on some of the headline figures from voting on the year’s...Read more
ESG‘Don’t think about ESG simply as a reporting exercise,’ says former SSGA asset stewardship head Aug 19, 2021Garnet RoachMatt DiGuiseppe joined Diligent earlier this year to lead its ESG Center of Excellence, having previously been head of Americas asset...Read more
Boardroom‘Overboarding’ focus as firms seek to boost diversity Oct 28, 2020Garnet RoachCorporate boards are committed to increasing diversity: that’s the message from a new study showing that 81 percent of companies...Read more
BoardroomMany directors thinking beyond just shareholders, research shows Nov 15, 2019Ben MaidenNew research highlights the extent to which company directors have less shareholder-centric views than has traditionally been the case...Read more