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In the July edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including important reminders for companies’ upcoming Form 10-Q filings; the themes revealed by the 12 proxy contests that have...more
In the broader world of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) compliance is only one threat to industry operators. Another is the growing use of proxy challenges and shareholder actions...more
ESG/DEI will be the leading theme in the upcoming proxy season by a wide margin because of a confluence of events affecting society generally: acceptance in popular and financial media of climate change as an overriding...more
The Background: Beginning with this proxy season, ISS will use metrics based on "EVA"—economic value added—as part of its pay-for-performance analyses. ISS claims that this use of EVA-based metrics will present a better...more
In a significant development for ESG and corporate governance, BlackRock is now calling on the public companies it invests in to publish disclosures in line with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the...more
..The EY Center for Board Matters’ 2019 Proxy Season Review report revealed gender diversity and sustainability were among the main governance concerns. ..The $50 million Rhino Impact Bonds (RIB), the first financial...more