Activists target CEOs amid focus on governance
Activist shareholders are casting their eyes beyond the boardroom to focus on the corner office, fueled by an increasing focus...
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PPL shareholder vote backs climate change proposal
Shareholders of PPL Corporation have asked the utility company to produce reports on how it will be affected by efforts to limit...
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Occidental Petroleum shareholders back climate change reporting
Occidental Petroleum shareholders have voted – against the wishes of the board – to support a motion seeking to require the...
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Kinder Morgan shareholders vote for proxy access
Kinder Morgan’s stockholders voted at its May 10 annual meeting to adopt a proxy access bylaw – a move the energy infrastructure...
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Australasian IR group proposes proxy adviser code
The Australasian Investor Relations Association (Aira) has proposed a new code of conduct for proxy advisers and listed companies...
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IBM shareholders back proxy access
As governance professionals prepare for the height of the proxy season and a range of shareholder proposals, IBM has become one of...
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Proxy access is top shareholder proposal in 2017 so far
A new report says proxy access and political spending or lobbying were the most common topics for shareholder proposals at annual...
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Industry view: Sustainability enters governance mainstream
In corporate governance, change is more often evolutionary than revolutionary. But this year institutional investors are helping...
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NYC comptroller takes aim at virtual AGMs
Scott Stringer New York City comptroller Scott Stringer on Sunday said he would be urging more than 15 companies to host in-person...
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Few Bay Area companies allow proxy access, study finds
Most companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are yet to adopt bylaws allowing long-term shareholders to put alternative board...
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