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Category: ESG

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Climate Disclosure Convergence Creeps Along

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Though the world may be coming together on unified climate disclosure standards for corporations, sparring over the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new reporting rules demonstrates that it’s happening at a glacially slow pace. After an...

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Court Battles for Musk, Cook Highlight New Expectations for Executive Pay

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It was a tale of two verdicts recently for a pair of corporate heavyweights and their compensation. On January 30, a Delaware court put the kibosh on a $56 billion pay package for Elon Musk, the mercurial automotive innovator. Judge Kathale...

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Activist Investor Jockeys to ‘Restore Magic’ at Disney Amid Proxy Fight

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House of Mouse beware the machinations of Batman and Robin. Activist investor Nelson Peltz, CEO of Trian Fund Management and a longtime agitator of brand-name corporations, has launched a campaign to “restore the magic” at the Walt Disney C...

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Exxon Bypasses SEC, Seeks Court Order to Block ESG Shareholder Proposal

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As companies contemplate how best to respond to the rising number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) proposals from activist shareholders, Exxon Mobil has employed an unusual strategy to avoid such a vote. The oil giant is sidest...

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DEI: D.O.A. or Here to Stay?

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In January of 2021, we wrote on this blog: “If there was ever a time when public companies tried to remain apolitical, it appears to be gone.” We were less than a week removed from the Jan. 6 insurrection in which protestors, enflamed by ou...

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