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The week in GRC: DoL opens door for 401(k) plans to offer ESG funds and Disney’s board brings back Iger

Nov 23, 2022

4 min read

– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that Walt Disney Co’s board of directors replaced CEO Bob Chapek with Robert Iger...

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Governance professionals guide on preparing for 2023: Part 1

Nov 18, 2022

By Ben Maiden

2 min read

Governance professionals met at the Corporate Secretary Forum in New York last week to share their expertise on issues affecting...

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Governance Matters podcast: What boards can learn from Boeing’s 737 Max scandal

Nov 18, 2022

By Staff writers

2 min read

As in all relationships in life, trust is a key ingredient of a long and healthy relationship between a company and its...

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Governance and getting M&A done amid headwinds

Nov 18, 2022

By Ben Maiden

4 min read

The M&A market is facing challenges after a stunning 2021, but deals continue to be done and governance, investor relations and...

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Prudential Financial and Atlas Air named top governance teams at Corporate Governance Awards

Nov 10, 2022

By Ben Maiden

3 min read

Prudential Financial and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings last night won two of the top categories at the 15th annual Corporate...

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ESG tops list for director education, study finds

Nov 03, 2022

By Ben Maiden

2 min read

Board directors are more likely to be being briefed on ESG matters than any other issue, according to new research from Corporate...

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Director education and training: Ensuring the board has what it needs

Nov 02, 2022

By Staff writers

2 min read

Corporate Secretary’s ‘Director education and training: Ensuring the board has what it needs’ provides findings from a survey that...

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More US companies holding in-person AGMs, study finds

Oct 31, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

2 min read

Almost two thirds (63 percent) of US companies’ AGMs were held in person in the six months to June 30 – an increase from 55.9...

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Most companies looking at non-shareholder stakeholder interests, survey finds

Oct 21, 2022

By Ben Maiden

3 min read

A large majority of companies are looking beyond the interests of just shareholders, but relatively few have so far created a...

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Stakeholder capitalism and the board: Taking on a new mindset

Oct 19, 2022

By Staff writers

1 min read

Corporate Secretary’s research report, ‘Stakeholder capitalism and the board: Taking on a new mindset’, reveals findings from a...