ESG

As Companies Grapple with Scope 3, Scope 4 Comes into Play

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Company recently published a climate strategy report that highlights a new category of greenhouse…

2 years ago

Many New Climate Proposals Flew Too Close to the Sun

The climate-change related shareholder proposals popping up in 2022 proxies are far more prescriptive or “constraining” than the ones BlackRock…

2 years ago

Ho-Hum Support for Climate Proposals at Early Meetings

Several climate-related shareholder proposals went to a vote last week at S&P 500 companies, and most of them failed to…

3 years ago

New Investor Policies ‘Highly Likely’ to Increase Negative Director Votes

State Street Global Advisors’ (SSGA) CEO Cyrus Taraporevala is ramping up expectations for companies to boost disclosures and update strategies…

3 years ago

This Is the Lowest-Paying Company in America

For years, the debate over whether companies pay wages high enough to keep workers above the poverty levels has grown…

3 years ago

You’ve Got a New CEO. How Soon Will Your CFO Leave?

Boards often devote plenty of time to succession planning and the compensation aspects of the CEO position, but a key…

3 years ago

The Largest Equity Grants of 2020

A year that included both a market recession and a rebound, 2020 saw equity compensation for named executive officers increase…

3 years ago

Three Factors That Are Organically Driving Board Diversity

The calls to diversify board leadership are justified for many reasons. First, it’s about time corporate leadership started looking like…

3 years ago