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Category: ESG

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SEC Announces First ESG-Related Settlement

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The Securities and Exchange Commission continues to break new ground in the realm of environmental, social and governance regulation. After filing its first ESG-related lawsuit last month, the agency now has announced its first ESG-related...

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Proxy Season Brings Socially Motivated Shareholder Proposals from Both Sides of the Aisle

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It’s nothing new to see activists showing up at annual shareholder meetings to protest banks’ social agendas. In fact, they’re typically taking financial institutions to task for what they perceive as a lack of any agenda at all. Recently,...

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Carl Icahn: Champion of Animal Rights?

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So-called activist investors come in many different shapes and sizes. Broadly speaking, they all seek to use their equity positions in companies to influence management. What they want to accomplish can vary dramatically. A legend in the ac...

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Charges Against Brazilian Mining Company Tests SEC’s ESG Authority

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s foray into required corporate reporting on environmental, social and governance issues has been the top story in financial regulation since the start of the Biden administration. To this point, howev...

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Stakeholders Continue Board Diversity Push Despite Overturning of California Law

Dedicated readers of this site know that California has served as a bellwether regarding environmental, social and governance issues in the corporate sphere. In one of the landmark developments in legislative efforts to increase diversity,...

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