Corporate social responsibility has long factored into investment decisions, and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into corporate decision-making dates back nearly two decades...
In the 2021 proxy season, 143 of the technology and life sciences companies included in the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List (SV 150) and 99 of the companies in the Standard & Poor’s 100 (S&P 100) held annual meetings that typically included voting for the election of directors, ratifying the selection of auditors of the company’s financial statements and voting on executive officer compensation (“say-on-pay”). Annual meetings will often also include voting on ...
David A. Bell is partner, Ron C. Llewellyn is counsel, and Katherine K. Duncan is partner at Fenwick & West LLP. This post is based on a Fenwick memorandum by Mr. Bell, Mr. Llewellyn, Ms. Duncan, and Ran Ben-Tzur . Today, shareholders are increasingly demanding corporate accountability on a variety of issues, ranging from compensation and human capital management to governance and board diversity, among others...
Fenwick has released its updated study about gender diversity on boards and executive management teams of the technology and life science companies included in the Silicon Valley 150 Index and very large public companies included in the Standard & Poor’s 100 Index...
