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Tag Archives: SEC
SEC Rulemaking: Transparency Is Not Enough
Part Two of Two Parts The TakeAway: Dodd-Frank Provision Reduces SEC Accountability, While Digital Tools Can Transform Transparency into Action Yesterday, as we were writing optimistically about the new SEC transparency and outreach initiatives, a showdown was brewing. The issue: … Continue reading
Sustainability: When Will the Exception Become the Rule?
Commentary by Bob Massie The TakeAway: Silo Thinking by Corporations, Activists, Investors, and Others Slows Progress of Sustainability Those who have been working to advance the concept and practice of sustainability in the United States over the last decade can … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Bob Massie, Ceres, climate change, ESG, Global Reporting Initiative, SEC, sustainability
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Rules of the Road: Fixing Corporate Governance, and What It Means To You
The past half-year or so has seen a host of corporate governance reforms in the US, which dramatically change the context of corporate power and accountability. In December 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set the ball rolling by … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Proxy Voting, Public Policy
Tagged accounting scandals, board diversity, board qualifications, broker voting, Dodd-Frank, executive compensation, fiduciary obligations, Investor Advisory Committee, Investor as Owner Subcommittee, Jennifer Taub, majority voting, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, proxy access, Proxy Disclosure Enhancements, Savings and Loan crisis, Say-on-Pay, SEC, Stephen Davis
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Good Governance: A Perfect Storm
Part Three of Three Parts President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act into law yesterday, capping an extraordinary period of financial and governance reform, stimulated by the collapse of Lehman Brothers 22 months ago. You could call it “the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Proxy Voting, Public Policy
Tagged board diversity, Calvert, CEO succession, Chesapeake Energy, Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, corporate political spending, CRPTF, Dodd-Frank, executive compensation, financial reform, Glass-Lewis, governance reform, independent board chair, investment advisers, Investor Advisory Committee, James McRitchie, KeyCorp, majority voting, Mary Schapiro, Motorola, mutual funds, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Netflix, Occidental Petroleum, proxy, Proxy Disclosure Enhgnacments, RiskMetrics, rulemaking, Say-on-Pay, SEC, supermajority voting requirements, Ted Allen, Therese Doucet
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Environmental & Social Policy Resolutions Receive Record Levels of Support
Part Two of Three Parts For more than forty years, shareholder activists and large investors have expressed their concerns to corporate boards through the proxy resolution process. For them, this past season was the best ever. Proxy resolutions are proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Proxy Voting
Tagged Altria, Bob Massie, Calvert, Center for Political Accountability, Ceres, Citizens United, climate change, coal ash, diversity, Domini Social Investments, equal employment, ESG, Exco Resources, Gardner Denver, Goldman Sachs, Halliburton, Heidi Welsh, hydraulic fracturing, ICCR, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, KBR, Leggett and Platt, Lubber, Mercy Investment, Miami Firefighters, NYCERS, Pax World Funds, political activity, political spending, proxy resolution, reporting, Reynolds American, SEC, shareholders, Si2, sustainability, Sustainable Investments Institute, The Transition Group, Trillium Asset Management, Trinity Health
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Voting Matters: Record-Breaking Proxy Season
Part One of Three Parts It’s been a banner year for U.S. capital market reform: on Wednesday President Obama is expected to sign the Dodd-Frank Act, while the SEC is receiving comments on its Concept Release for improving the process … Continue reading
Posted in Proxy Voting
Tagged annual meetings, Bob Massie, Ceres, climate change, disclosure, Dodd-Frank, ESG, Heidi Welsh, Investor Advisory Committee, IRRC, Lane Christensen, mandatory reporting, Massey Energy, Peter DeSimone, proxy resolution, SEC, shareowners, Sustainable Investments Institute, XBRL
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Sustainability Disclosure and Sector Sensibility
Now that the experimental cap seems to be holding on BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf, it’s time to step back and take a wider view of the company and the industry it occupies. While we need to keep the focus … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting
Tagged Amsterdam Declaration, Arup, benchmark, Bob Massie, Domini Social Investments, ESG, G3, GRI, industry, Initiative for Responsible Investment, key performance indicators, KPI, Lydenberg, mandatory disclosure, materiality, National Annexes, One Report, Rogers, SEC, sector, shareholders, sustainability, The Transition Group, Wood
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Tackling “Corporate-Carditis”: SEC Proposes Quadruple Bypass Surgery on Proxy System
Part Two of a Two-Part Post Yesterday, in a rare expression of unanimity, the five SEC Commissioners all voted to approve a Concept Release that proposes sweeping revisions of the US proxy voting system. This is akin to quadruple bypass … Continue reading
We’ve Only Just Begun: Why Today’s SEC Open Meeting Matters
Part One of a Two-Part Post This morning, the SEC held an open meeting to issue what’s called a “concept release”, the Commission’s mechanism for considering rule revisions by floating a first draft of policy open to public comment for … Continue reading
Posted in Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged accountability, corpgov.net, digital tools, engagement, McRitchie, proxy voting, SEC, shareholder, social networks, transparency, Web 2.0
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We the People, or Corporate Lobbyists: Whose Interests Will the SEC Serve?
Part One of Two Parts The TakeAway: SEC Opens Door Further to Public Engagement as Ex-Regulator Lobbyists Rush In Two developments late yesterday demonstrate the high stakes involved when it comes to money and power, and vividly illustrate the imbalance … Continue reading →