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ESG Playbook Offers Proxy-Season Tips

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Black Lives Matter. Raging wildfires. A deadly pandemic. A bitter election. The issues dominating American life in 2020 related closely to environmental, social, and governance topics. The same could be said of the 2020 proxy season, during...

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Nasdaq Becomes Latest to Demand Board Diversity

Nasdaq Becomes Latest to Demand Board Diversity

Nasdaq Becomes Latest to Demand Board Diversity

The Nasdaq stock exchange just became the latest institution to put some teeth into its call for more diversity in public company boardrooms. And Nasdaq’s fangs are sharper than most. In a move that some are celebrating as a tipping point o...

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Polluted Factory: ESG Environmental Impact

A Farewell to Principles-based Disclosure?

Polluted Factory: ESG Environmental Impact

A changing of the guard in the White House means new faces in high-profile places throughout the executive branch. At the Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman Jay Clayton, an appointee of the outgoing president, has already announce...

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CEO Pay-Ratio Math Gets Messy in 2020

Mathematical Pay Ratios Written on Chalkboard

As far as math problems go, it’s not a hard one. You take the CEO’s compensation and divide it by the compensation of the median employee. Presto! Just like that, you’ve got the CEO pay ratio that public companies have been required to disc...

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Biden Administration to Bring More Climate Disclosures

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Out on the campaign trail, President-elect Joe Biden declared climate change to be “the number one issue facing humanity.” The Democratic nominee proposed an ambitious environmental agenda to match his rhetoric, including a pledge to reach...

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