If you own stocks, chances are good you have heard the term ESG. It stands for environmental, social, and governance, and it’s a way to laud corporate leaders who take sustainability—including climate change—and social responsibility seriously, and punish those who do not...
One of the hottest investment strategies right now is what’s known as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing...
While you’ll need to find someone who can help you fill that missing gap, you will also need them to have capabilities that span beyond that in their arsenal...
The suit was filed in California federal court on Monday after allegations from high-profile executives, including Pinterest’s former Chief Operating Officer...
That was in reaction to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which found that the average CEO compensation in 2019 at one of America’s top 350 firms was $21.3 million, up by 14% from the year prior...
What do Frappuccinos and furry companions have in common? advertisement People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) just announced that it has become a shareholder of Starbucks Corporation in an effort to be heard at the coffee giant’s annual meetings...
It’s no secret that mistrust of tech is at a crisis level right now. Whether it’s Facebook serving its users misinformation, Twitter enabling targeted harassment campaigns, or just the general exploitation of data that are leaked by sketchy sites across the web, many people are taking a hard look at the technologies that pervade every part of their lives—and many are not feeling happy with what they see...
For both good corporate governance and the stability of American society, Facebook must change. First, investors should vote no because effective ...
In 2018, Disney CEO Bob Iger got a raise–a big raise. His total compensation increased 80% to hit $65.6 million. According to a recent study by Equilar, his compensation was 1,424 times that of the median Disney employee. For Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Disney cofounder Roy Disney, that level of pay is “insane.” Moreover, she says, executive pay at that level has “had a corrosive effect on society.”...
Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay, will offer candid, practical, and sometimes surprising advice to entrepreneurs and founders...
A decade after the U.S. financial crisis, Wall Street is booming and the economy is back–but nagging questions remain about the failure of government regulators and prosecutors to prevent the collapse, and to hold top Wall Street bankers personally accountable for the catastrophe...
America’s corporate landscape is interwoven by a dense network of shared board members–for instance, Apple has board members that are also board members at Disney, Chevron, Amgen, GE, and JP Morgan Chase. The data analysis expert Erik Rood used publicly available information from the S&P 500 top 50 to create an unusual map of these connections, resulting in this interactive graphic that lets you explore the network in unprecedented detail...
Amazon employees are not pleased with one of its latest decisions. The company’s board has been lobbying to vote down a proposal from CtW Investment Group, which would require that Amazon specifically consider women and non-white people for new board member selections...
Fred Reynolds, a former executive for CBS Corp. and PepsiCo, is joining the board of directors of Pinterest, TechCrunch reports. The move comes amid rumblings of a possible IPO next year, although no timeline to go public has been laid out. Reynolds, who had a career in finance that spanned 38 ...
“There's a big opportunity because nonprofit boards are complaining they need more people for diversity,” says Alice Korngold, CEO of Korngold Consulting, a strategy advisory service for board members, corporate executives, and nonprofits. “There are qualified people at companies and they're waiting ...
Last Thursday, hundreds of Facebook shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in Menlo Park, California listened politely as top executives discussed the social media giant’s performance metrics and goals–until Natasha Lamb got up out of her chair and stood to face the board. She demanded that the company address its fake news problem by publishing a formal report about its prevalence on the site and its impact...
A key detail that illustrates the tech sector's continuing lack of diversity and gender equity was buried in last week's hype over Snap's upcoming IPO ...
A company’s CEO is often the face of the brand. In the case of Howard Schultz, his mild countenance has become synonymous with the coffee company’s twin-tailed Siren that signals the presence of more than 25,000 shops in 75 countries. Now, that face is planning to step aside. that Schultz is transitioning to take the position of executive chairman while he works on expanding the company’s premium brand...
The lure of the top corner office is strong, but there’s a reason not everybody grows up to be the head of a company—the job is a massive undertaking. CEOs are asked to do it all: setting strategy, closing deals, hiring people, firing people, calming irate customers, fixing broken light switches. And sometimes that’s just by 10 a.m. on Monday. Of course, the job doesn’t end there...
Of that 21% who disapprove of their CEO's compensation, 57% of respondents said it negatively affects their view of the company , but only 26% intend ...
In November 2015, a former Twitter developer lambasted the company for its inability to foster a diverse workplace. "There were moments," Leslie Miley wrote in a Medium post , "that caused me to question how and why a company whose product has been used as an agent of revolutionary social change did not reflect the diversity of thought, conversation, and people in its ranks." Last week, Twitter ...
TheBoardlist aims to be a source of vetted professional women to help solve the so-called pipeline problem for female directors. Two findings about gender and leadership bookended 2015. In January, the Pew Research Center found that men and women agree ...
Low stock price combined with stock structure makes it an easy target Things haven't been good for Twitter lately. Ever since CEO Jack Dorsey announced a few weeks ago that the company is thinking about raising its 140-character limit to 10,000 characters per post, the stock has nosedived—continuing a downward trend that has lasted since April of 2015. Just a few days ago, Twitter shares hit $15 ...
it is my belief that the list will look very different in the next decade," as they are the first who’ve had the opportunity to "break the barriers that keep them out of the boardroom." They’ve done it by disrupting the traditional models of leadership...