Regulatory & compliance archive

The week in GRC: Companies seeking guidance on corporate minimum tax and SEC’s Gensler defends clawback rule

Oct 28, 2022

7 min read

– According to the Financial Times (paywall), executives at some US public companies will earn millions of dollars in equity-based...

Regulatory & compliance

DoJ enforcement memo draws attention to compliance and accountability

Oct 26, 2022

By Ben Maiden

3 min read

A memo the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released last month outlining what the department calls revisions to its corporate...

Regulatory & compliance

Pay versus performance: What public companies need to know

Oct 25, 2022

2 Authors

Jean McLoughlin Kyle Seifried

7 min read

The SEC’s new pay-versus-performance rule changes will present myriad challenges – and potential opportunities – to public company...

Regulatory & compliance

The week in GRC: Democrats ask DoJ to publish corporate crime data and US law firm partner pay rises, survey finds

Oct 21, 2022

By Ben Maiden

9 min read

– Reuters reported that, according to the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Apple retail workers voted to form a union at...

Regulatory & compliance

Are your ESG disclosures vulnerable to claims of ‘greenwashing’?

Oct 18, 2022

2 Authors

Brock Bosson Helene Banks

7 min read

As corporations continuously seek to improve and set ever-higher standards for themselves, the hashtag-friendly term ‘greenwashing...

Regulatory & compliance

The week in GRC: SEC reopens comment periods after tech issue and FSB urges climate standard setters to avoid hardwired differences

Oct 14, 2022

By Ben Maiden

5 min read

– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that many companies are delaying acquisitions because a combination of economic...

Regulatory & compliance

Shareholder Rights Group responds to critics of proposed 14a-8 changes

Oct 12, 2022

By Ben Maiden

4 min read

The Shareholder Rights Group has responded to critics of SEC plans to update the grounds on which companies may be allowed to...

Regulatory & compliance

The week in GRC: DoJ vows tough stance on corporate crime and study finds companies ignoring emissions’ financial risks

Oct 06, 2022

By Ben Maiden

6 min read

– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) noted that the US Department of Justice is looking to counter data showing a decline in...

Regulatory & compliance

The road to consolidation: Talking with the ISSB’s Sue Lloyd

Oct 04, 2022

By Staff writers

3 min read

The creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in November last year marked a major step toward...

Regulatory & compliance

The week in GRC: US corporate ownership rule introduced and strikes loom as labor activity surges

Sep 29, 2022

By Ben Maiden

7 min read

– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that Unilever CEO Alan Jope plans to retire at the end of next year. The consumer...