More investors want executive pay tied to ESG
More than two thirds of investors want executive pay tied to ESG initiatives, a move that would pressure boards to achieve social...
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SEC’s Lee eyes bank disclosure around climate change
SEC member Allison Herren Lee has suggested the agency should help create standards for banks to release information about the...
TCFD goes ‘mainstream’ as investor demand grows
Investor demand is pushing forward the adoption of recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures...
The week in GRC: Election challenges companies’ political speech policies, and investors demand board racial diversity disclosures
– CNBC reported that Dunkin’ confirmed sale talks with Inspire Brands, the privately held owner of Arby’s and Jimmy John’s. The...
Highlights from the ESG Integration Forum – Summer 2020
As publishers of both Corporate Secretary and IR Magazine, we relish the opportunity to bring our two audiences together to hear...
How BlackRock connects the dots on ESG
How large is the stewardship team at BlackRock? It’s about 45 individuals across the globe. We have three regions: Americas, EMEA...
The week in GRC: LGIM to press for ethnic diversity on boards, and companies facing new compliance risks amid pandemic
– According to Reuters, a victory for Joe Biden in the US presidential election would signal the end of a period during which the...
Ceres launches sustainability action plan for companies
Ceres on Wednesday launched a framework for what it hopes will be a decade of efforts by companies to make sustainability a...
The intersection of securities lending and ESG investing
In early December 2019 the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund announced that it had ‘decided to suspend stock lending...
The week in GRC: Supreme Court to hear companies’ climate suit appeal, and Treasury warns over ransomware payments
– According to Reuters, US companies with Covid-19 outbreaks are facing an emerging legal threat from claims that employees...
