Investors ‘cautiously optimistic’ about M&A outlook for 2024
‘Cautiously optimistic’ was a phrase used around the event hall at this year’s M&A Forum, co-hosted by Governance Intelligence and...
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The week in GRC: Business groups challenge NLRB rule on contract workers and EY proposes US governance changes
– Reuters (paywall) reported that, according to the Thomson Reuters Institute, US law firms reigned in first-year associate hiring...
Say-on-pay support increases for first time in five years
Investors have shown their support for shifting company pay policies, with say-on-pay approvals increasing for the first time in...
Companies’ climate failings most common reason for investor blacklisting
New research compiled by a network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) finds that there have been 4,842 companies blacklisted...
Investor group targets 100 companies over nature loss
Institutional investors have launched an engagement campaign with 100 companies over nature loss. The investors, part of campaign...
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Pay equity reporting resolution garners support at Nike AGM
Nike shareholders have shown significant, though not majority, support for the company to produce additional information about pay...
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Focus on combined human capital and human rights, NBIM tells ISSB
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has added its $1.5 tn voice behind a push for bringing together human capital and human rights...
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Group petitions SEC to halt JBS listing on climate grounds
Climate-change pressure group Mighty Earth has written to the SEC calling for greater scrutiny of a planned IPO by Brazilian meat...
Trillion-dollar coalition calls for human and worker rights focus at ISSB
Investors including Scottish Widows, La Française Group and the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum have joined forces to create a...
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Communicating to investors how short-term events impact long-term plans
You were recently part of a CECP CEO Roundtable with Vincent Forlenza, chair of Moody’s and former chair and CEO of BD, about the...
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