The cross-border consultants at Laurel Hill Advisory Group have released their fifth annual Trends in Corporate Governance report (click here for the full report). They say that the report identifies te trends and developments in the complex governance and activism landscape, and they aim to help Canadian issuers avoid and mitigate corporate risk. Among the takeaways: Shareholder […]
Eleven environmental and sustainable business organizations published an open letter in the New York Times on Tuesday, urging U.S companiest to step up their engagement on climate policy. Signatories include the heads of BSR,
Despite the #metoo movement and a greater focus on corporate diversity, there’s one place where diversity remains something to pay lip service to, but take little action: the corporate boardroom. According to a recent
Data breaches, dodgy sales practices and general corporate misconduct are behind increased compliance spending, says a new report by KPMG. The consultancy says that enterprises plan to strengthen their ability to detect and prevent ethical
PPG received a score of 90 percent on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
The French government is trying to be helpful. No, really. Last month, the French Anticorruption Agency published a practical guide for anticorruption compliance, following other country enforcers that have done the same thing. A client
Among the tasks in-house counsel have to deal with are internal complaints filed by whistleblowers. Good governance practice requires companies to have internal complaint mechanisms, and they should be handled in a confidential, assertive manner.
Silicon Valley is different from Wall Street, or Main Street USA. That’s apparent from the workspaces to the types of personnel to the style of management. And it’s clear from a corporate governance
Are you general counsel of a publicly traded company? Then remember these three words: shareholder, shareholder, shareholder. When we take a look back at 2018, according to Equilar’s Corporate Governance Outlook 2019, one thing is obvious:
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Eight in 10 corporate legal departments aren’t properly prepared to support their organizations’ digital initiatives, according to the tech analysts at Gartner Inc. “Digital ready” legal departments — those positioned to support digital business efforts — can
