– The Wall Street Journal reported that ExxonMobil faces the threat of a proxy fight from a new activist investor with a...Read more
Investors are allocating a higher portion of their portfolios to ESG-oriented investments...Read more
ESG
For corporate governance teams, the proliferation of socially responsible investment asset managers presents both risks and...Read more
SEC member Allison Herren Lee has suggested the agency should help create standards for banks to release information about the climate...Read more
Companies across the US, Canada, continental Europe and the UK had something of a respite from shareholder activism this year. The...Read more
More than 100 governance professionals gathered online last Thursday for the Corporate Secretary Forum – Canada to discuss how general...Read more
– CNN reported that Alex Cruz was stepping down as chair and CEO of British Airways, which is owned by International Airlines Group (...Read more
As publishers of both Corporate Secretary and IR Magazine , we relish the opportunity to bring our two audiences together to hear...Read more
How large is the stewardship team at BlackRock? It’s about 45 individuals across the globe. We have three regions: Americas, EMEA and...Read more
Ceres on Wednesday launched a framework for what it hopes will be a decade of efforts by companies to make sustainability a central...Read more
In early December 2019 the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund announced that it had ‘decided to suspend stock lending until...Read more
August
It’s been two years since 181 CEOs signed The Business Roundtable statement on corporate...Read more
Matt DiGuiseppe joined Diligent earlier this year to lead its ESG Center of Excellence,...Read more
In recent years, definitions of ESG materiality have evolved very quickly. This rapid...Read more
Cincinnati-based Cintas Corporation has promoted Christy Nageleisen to the newly created...Read more
July
The number of companies targeted by an activist during the first half of the year was at...Read more
Asset managers’ primary motivation for ESG integration is client demand, but the quality...Read more
Sustainable investments have grown to represent more than a third of all assets globally...Read more
– CNBC reported that the chief compliance officer at Credit Suisse’s domestic unit was...Read more
