The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance has issued a sample comment letter, and sent actual comment letters to a series of public companies, asking for additional Form 10-K disclosure on topics addressed in the SEC’s 2010...more
10/13/2021
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
FASB ,
Form 10-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Management ,
SEC Comment Letter Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
As previously reported on this blog, Vanguard received a shareholder proposal requesting additional disclosure on its climate change voting record, and the proposal was scheduled to appear on the agenda for Vanguard’s 2017...more
Companies who engage with their large institutional shareholders on environmental and social issues during the 2018 proxy season should keep in mind that these investors are facing pressure from other investors on their...more
8/3/2017
/ Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon ,
BlackRock ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Institutional Investors ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Vanguard