Category: ESG
SubscribeProxy Season Brings Socially Motivated Shareholder Proposals from Both Sides of the Aisle
It’s nothing new to see activists showing up at annual shareholder meetings to protest banks’ social agendas. In fact, they’re typically taking financial institutions to task for what they perceive as a lack of any agenda at all. Recently,...
Read MoreCarl Icahn: Champion of Animal Rights?
So-called activist investors come in many different shapes and sizes. Broadly speaking, they all seek to use their equity positions in companies to influence management. What they want to accomplish can vary dramatically. A legend in the ac...
Read MoreCharges Against Brazilian Mining Company Tests SEC’s ESG Authority
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s foray into required corporate reporting on environmental, social and governance issues has been the top story in financial regulation since the start of the Biden administration. To this point, howev...
Read MoreStakeholders Continue Board Diversity Push Despite Overturning of California Law
Dedicated readers of this site know that California has served as a bellwether regarding environmental, social and governance issues in the corporate sphere. In one of the landmark developments in legislative efforts to increase diversity,...
Read MoreCan ESG Handle Adding an H?
The concept of corporate sustainability has evolved over time beyond just environmental concerns such as carbon emissions and pollution. It now incorporates social and governance issues – the “S” and “G” to go with the “E” of what is commo...
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