This is pretty wild stuff about leveraging universal proxy as reported in this note by Michael Levin of “The Activist Investor”: “Last week, HCC hosted its annual shareholders meeting, and we saw how this interesting and promising idea worked out…
Recently, ISS-Corporate Solutions issued a report – entitled “Gender Pay Equity: Assessing Corporate Transparency and Performance” – that offers analysis and a trove of data about gender pay equity and pay gap disclosure practices drawn from disclosures made by over…
Here is a list of 15 annual integrated reports from companies that are trying their best to be aligned – or inspired – with CSRD and ESRS, courtesy of Maria Tymtsias:
1. Metsä Group (Industry: Paper & Packaging)
2. H+H…
If you’re not scared of falling victim to one of the numerous scams out there in the digital world, then you haven’t been paying attention to the corporate compliance training that you’re forced to undertake every year. The scams are…
Recently, I talked to Michael Levin – of “The Activist Investor” fame – about his recent note entitled “Radical Board Transparency” that is an idea for a new type of shareholder engagement. If your role has been to serve as…
When I launched my first website back in 2001 – RealCorporateLawyer.com – there wasn’t a lot of content and anytime that I added content, I placed a shiny yellow “New!” icon next to that section on the home page. This…
It might well be the case that many of you reading this don’t have any input into the IR web page at your company (or for your clients). When I was in-house, drafting the disclosure documents filed with the SEC,…
Before I blog about how the plain English movement is sort of a forebear for the transparency movement, I thought I would share these four bewildering things about plain English:
The SEC’s Plain English Rulemaking Was Quasi-Controversial
These concepts were…
As I approach my first year anniversary serving in the role of a “Transparency Champion,” it’s a good time to reflect on how the mission is going to persuade others that transparent disclosure creates real value for businesses. That it’s…
This Wachtell Lipton memo from Marty Lipton, Zach Podolsky, Mark Stagliano and MacKenzie Thurman is worth reading: “In March 2024, the UK Investor Forum presented the results of its six-month assessment undertaken to identify, understand and evaluate the ways companies…
Larry Fink – the Chair and CEO of BlackRock – pens an annual letter to investors that is closely read, but has been even more under the microscope the past few years due to BlackRock’s unenviable position of being in…
Transparency for fund voting. I found this blog by Jim McRitchie – on his long-standing CorpGov.net – to be fascinating. Jim’s blog covers this new study entitled “Leading by Example: Can One Universal Shareholder’s Voting Pre-Disclosure Influence Voting Outcomes?” that…
A while back, I penned a blog making the business case for companies to be transparent in their disclosure – arguing that transparency builds trust, which in turn enhances a company’s reputation to build real value. At that time, I…
“Things are topsy-turvy in the office.” I can’t help but think of that famous line from the end of “The Americans” TV series. But when you stop and think about it, it’s not a surprise that the SEC’s new climate…
I guarantee you that no one knows more about universal proxy. In this 22-minute video, Michael Levin of TheActivistInvestor.com joins us to discuss:
What’s the current state of play with universal proxy?
How do you rate the overall level of…
