November 09, 2011
Environmental issues continue to pick up steam and investors are increasingly getting help on all fronts to assist in tracking companies’ sustainability efforts.
June 23, 2011
Shareholders are resolute on climate and related sustainability resolutions. With a record 109 resolutions filed, investors achieve strong results on natural gas “fracking,” water, coal ash disposal and oil refinery safety at annual shareholder meetings.
June 07, 2011
A look at the 2011 proxy season scorecard reveals the hot shareholder issues and outcomes so far, and forecasts what issues will continue to garner a lot of shareholder attention during next year’s proxy season.
March 14, 2011
40 percent of the world’s largest publicly listed companies have not appointed even one woman to their boards. Even in major markets like Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States women continue to be grossly under-represented on corporate boards.
November 04, 2010
Many U.S. companies have sharpened their focus on broad initiatives for corporate social responsibility in response to demands from customers and investors in recent years. Once considered a “soft” boardroom issue, today a broad spectrum of corporations are addressing CSR by revamping their workforce, rewriting ethical guidelines, analyzing operations, and even remolding their leadership.
October 12, 2010
Do directors believe that environmental, social and governance factors have an impact on long-term shareholder value?
July 29, 2010
A new report from The Corporate Library found a gap between academic and corporate understandings of the function of board diversity.
March 05, 2010
Consider this: a report that isn't confined to a piece a paper, that contains financial and non-financial information, that is shareholder friendly, and interactive. It's One Report, and it's here.
February 10, 2010
The SEC voted to issue an interpretive release providing guidance for disclosures relating to climate change. While the release imposes no new disclosure obligations, it does serve to remind reporting companies that a number of existing SEC disclosure regulations may require disclosure of certain matters relating to the potential effects of climate change.
February 20, 2009
From Obama on down, outsiders—and many insiders—are exhorting corporations to think sustainable, save the planet, and reboot the crashing economy. Meet some people who can help.