ShareholdersThe week in GRC: TotalEnergies faces climate change resolution and HSBC rejects activists’ spin-off plan Apr 06, 2023Ben Maiden– Reuters reported that, according to data from legal consultancy Fairfax Associates, there were at least as many large law firm...Read more
ShareholdersPatents and politics among early US proxy season highlights Mar 30, 2023Ben MaidenShareholder proposals targeting major pharmaceutical companies and resolutions looking into corporate spending on political activities...Read more
ComplianceThe week in GRC: Meta fined for data-scraping breach, Engine Capital pushes for Univar sale and Salesforce co-CEO to depart Dec 02, 2022Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Facebook owner Meta Platforms €265 mn ($...Read more
AppointmentsJohnson & Johnson names successor to veteran general counsel Jul 20, 2022Ben MaidenElizabeth Forminard will take over as general counsel at Johnson & Johnson in October this year. She will succeed Michael Ullmann...Read more
ShareholdersJohnson & Johnson shareholders vote for racial impact audit May 04, 2022Ben MaidenJohnson & Johnson shareholders have voted for the company to commission an independent assessment of its effects on racial matters...Read more
ShareholdersJohnson & Johnson faces shareholder vote on Covid-related proposal Feb 22, 2022Ben MaidenJohnson & Johnson shareholders appear set to vote at the company’s upcoming AGM on a shareholder proposal regarding access to its...Read more
ShareholdersSEC denies J&J request to exclude racial-audit proposal Feb 19, 2021Ben MaidenThe SEC has rejected a request from Johnson & Johnson that it exclude from its proxy statement a shareholder proposal that it...Read more
ESGContact Energy tops most inclusive organizations list Oct 11, 2017Andrew HoltNew Zealand’s Contact Energy has been awarded the top rank in the Thomson Reuters’ 2017 global Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)...Read more