All six major proxy voting advisers are meeting best practice industry standards but there is room for improvement, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Independent Oversight Committee...
Corporate disclosure of ESG information is getting better, "but progress will remain patchy and haphazard as long as it remains voluntary," according to a Morningstar report released Wednesday...
The SEC voted Friday to reopen the comment period on proposed rules for using universal proxy cards. Acting Chairwoman Allison Herren Lee said in a statement that reopening the comment period for another 30 days once it is published in the Federal Register "will facilitate clarity and efficiency for shareholders voting in director elections....
Legislation requiring public companies to disclose information about the diversity of their corporate boards and senior management was introduced Tuesday in the Senate by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the highest ranking Latino in Congress...
The Department of Labor unveiled Friday a more principles-based final rule on proxy voting that did away with requirements in the proposed version requiring ERISA-governed fiduciaries to cast proxy votes any time the matter being voted on would have an economic impact on the plan but also only cast votes when there is an economic impact on the retirement plan...
The continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has made systemic ESG shifts more tangible, Moody's Investors Service said Thursday in its quarterly ESG Focus report...
When it comes to executive compensation issues at the corporations in CalPERS' portfolio, pension fund officials have made corporate board member actions personal...
Activist investor campaigns at public companies were up globally in the first half of 2020, but they have been less successful than in years past, a report Monday from CGLytics shows...
ESG disclosure issues were the leading topic in T. Rowe Price Group's corporate engagement activity in 2019, the asset manager said in a report released Monday...
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. will replace lead independent director Lee R. Raymond in a few months, the company said in a supplemental proxy statement filed May 1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Fearless Girl is proving to be much more than an eye-catching statue in front of the New York Stock Exchange...
CalPERS in August became one of the latest institutional investors to alter its governance model when its board instituted sweeping changes, including reducing the number of committee and board meetings, and stripping its investment committee's decision-making power...
Many companies have voluntarily adopted corporate governance best practices contained in CII's policies in response to shareholder proposals...
Timothy M. Doyle, vice president of policy and general counsel for the American Council for Capital Formation, a corporate governance advocate in ...
... and work this out," said Darla Stuckey, president and CEO of the Society of Corporate Governance , which represents about 1,000 public companies...
The risk factors to which CalSTRS' staff referred in the pension fund's environmental, social and governance policy included "respect for human rights ...
Kirsty Jenkinson will be joining the $229.2 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System as director of corporate governance , replacing Anne ...
CalPERS voted against 438 directors at 141 companies based on the ... diversity, said Simiso Nzima, investment director, corporate governance...
"The irony is that many of the companies on the NAM board are active ... a portfolio manager in corporate governance at the $228 billion CalSTRS, ...
It's seeking out companies that prioritize transparency, good governance ... The rating considers such factors as a company's risk management and ...
... sustainability reports were supported by a majority of shareholders at the company's annual meeting Wednesday, said a news release from Ceres, ...
... was not very impressive," said Tracy Stewart, senior corporate governance analyst at the FBSA, in an email on the pension fund's say-on-pay vote.
"Our resolution asked how these very real concerns are being incorporated into corporate governance policies on executive compensation and, importantly, if these policies and practices are consistent with our company's stated mission of 'providing access to prescription medicines at fair prices,'" said ...
After the company provided revised corporate governance guidelines, the pension fund withdrew its shareholder resolution in mid-February. The guidelines include the statement: "The board believes that its membership should continue to reflect a diversity of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual ...