Governance News

1/22/24: Exxon Mobil Files Lawsuit to Block Investor-Led Climate Proposal Vote

1/16/24: A group of 27 investors in Shell has submitted a resolution calling for stricter climate targets from the energy company

11/1/23: U.S. ESG Shareholder Proposal Support Dips, While Anti-ESG Proposals Face Virtually No Support

6/28/23: The practice of paying for ESG performance has surged in the past year, according to a global CEO survey conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) in collaboration with Oxford Economics

6/2/23: Companies increasingly assign ESG responsibilities to their Chief Financial Officers, according to the Wall Street Journal

10/26/22: How ESG reporting offers companies an opportunity for strategic differentiation

10/13/22: 2023 proxy topics according to ISS

9/29/22: ESG backlash from C-suite executives

9/15/22: Patagonia founder transfers ownership to two entities combating climate change

7/13/22: U.S. SEC proposes new amendments clarifying when corporations can exclude shareholder proposals

6/23/22: Growing trends towards private climate change litigation against companies and their directors

6/19/22: Yale School of Management database tracking the global corporate response to the war in Ukraine

4/20/22: UK’s FCA publishes non-mandatory targets for board diversity

4/19/22: Mastercard links employee bonuses to ESG goals

3/24/22: ESG, the war in Ukraine, and corporate governance

11/17/21: SEC passes universal proxy requirement

8/10/21: SEC approves Nasdaq’s board diversity rule

7/21/21: Bank of England to link director pay to diversity progress

7/6/21: SEC's Asset Management Subcommittee makes recommendations in support of diversity

6/28/21: SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee discussing the board’s role in ESG governance

5/27/21: Exxon shareholders elect two dissident directors to the board

1/18/21: The risks posed by a lack of board ESG expertise

8/19/19: Business Roundtable embraces stakeholder capitalism