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Author: Mark Olsen

Huge Hack Highlights Disclosure Dilemma for Public Companies

Huge Hack Highlights Disclosure Dilemma

Huge Hack Highlights Disclosure Dilemma for Public Companies

For government agencies and private companies, the enormous hack making news this month revealed a fundamental flaw in their cyber defenses. It may have also revealed a fundamental flaw in the disclosure requirements for cyberattacks. The h...

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Polluted Factory: ESG Environmental Impact

A Farewell to Principles-based Disclosure?

Polluted Factory: ESG Environmental Impact

A changing of the guard in the White House means new faces in high-profile places throughout the executive branch. At the Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman Jay Clayton, an appointee of the outgoing president, has already announce...

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Biden Administration to Bring More Climate Disclosures

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Out on the campaign trail, President-elect Joe Biden declared climate change to be “the number one issue facing humanity.” The Democratic nominee proposed an ambitious environmental agenda to match his rhetoric, including a pledge to reach...

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Tesla Puts Risky Insurance Strategy in Reverse

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Elon Musk might be the ultimate polymath. By day, he’s the CEO of a revolutionary automaker. His side hustles include building tunnels, making flamethrowers, and of course selling underpants. But apparently, there’s a limit to the endeavors...

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Roaring hippos and CEO pay

Issuers Put the $ in ESG

Roaring hippos and CEO pay

Public companies have been talking a big game on ESG for years. Now they’re putting their money where their mouth is. Well, some of them are. Of the 100 largest U.S.-based public companies, 36 are now using ESG-related metrics in their exec...

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