ESGThe week in GRC: Activision Blizzard and Kellogg join companies facing challenges over diversity efforts and study calls for taxing climate-polluting investments Aug 18, 2023Ben Maiden– CNBC reported that PayPal’s board announced that the company’s new CEO will be Alex Chriss, the executive who runs the small...Read more
Shareholders & activismThe week in GRC: Google, Microsoft form AI safety standards group and Goodyear reaches agreement with Elliott Jul 28, 2023Ben Maiden–Four leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies launched a new industry group to identify best safety practices and promote the...Read more
Shareholders & activismThe week in GRC: Activist urges Alphabet to cut costs and SEC reports rise in enforcement actions Nov 18, 2022Ben Maiden– Reuters reported that Tyson Foods’ board is overseeing a ‘thorough review’ of the arrest of CFO John Tyson on charges that he...Read more
Regulatory & complianceThe week in GRC: Companies seeking guidance on corporate minimum tax and SEC’s Gensler defends clawback rule Oct 28, 2022Ben Maiden– According to the Financial Times (paywall), executives at some US public companies will earn millions of dollars in equity-based...Read more
CareersState Street names compliance chief Oct 11, 2022Ben MaidenState Street Corporation has appointed Yvette Hollingsworth Clark as executive vice president and global chief compliance officer (CCO...Read more
BoardroomGoogle parent to face votes on board selection policies Apr 21, 2022Ben MaidenShareholders in Google parent company Alphabet will vote at its June 1 AGM on two proposals addressing policies for selecting new...Read more
Shareholders & activismAlphabet files requests to exclude shareholder proposals Feb 09, 2022Ben MaidenGoogle parent company Alphabet is seeking the SEC’s go-ahead to exclude several shareholder proposals from its 2022 proxy statement,...Read more
ESGThe week in GRC: Gensler seeks to revise 10b5-1 plan rules and CEOs press governments for climate action Jun 11, 2021Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that Google agreed to pay French regulators a fine of nearly $270 mn, settling one of the first...Read more
ESGThe week in GRC: TCI founder backs say-on-climate push and rule freeze affects AML proposals Jan 29, 2021Ben Maiden– According to Reuters , lobbyists and legal experts say that although progressives want to repeal the Trump administration’s Wall...Read more
ESGThe week in GRC: Federated Hermes targets diversity and companies press Congress on climate change Dec 04, 2020Ben Maiden– CNN reported that a vote on whether Swiss companies should face greater liability at home for human rights and environmental abuses...Read more