Corporate Social Responsibility

ARTICLEInvestors Achieve Strong Results on Gas, Coal, & Oil SafetyJune 23, 2011Shareholders 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.

ARTICLEThe Top Shareholder Proposals of 2011 Proxy Season June 07, 2011A 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.

RESULTSReport Finds Over 40 Percent of the World’s Largest Public Companies Have Zero Women on Their BoardsMarch 14, 201140 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.

ARTICLEBoard Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility November 04, 2010Many 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.