Corporate Boards Get Wake-Up Call on Climate Change
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) just issued a report stating that only 13% of public company directors place climate change amo...
Is the “Stakeholder” Movement Already Dead?
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Business Roundtable (BRT) statement on corporate purpose. You remember it – the announcement that s...
Tesla Meeting, Compensation in Limbo
Tesla was supposed to hold its annual meeting on July 7. But then, when was the last time something involving Elon Musk went according to script? As M...
Amazon’s Virtual Meeting a Not-So-Prime Opportunity for Shareholders?
Amazon has only strengthened its grip on the retail market as much of the country shelters in place. While it becomes ever more central to the shoppin...
Severed Heads: Companies Split CEO, Chairman Roles
The saying goes that if you want a job done right, do it yourself. But public companies seem to have learned a different lesson. When things go wrong,...
“Overboarding,” Lack of Board Diversity Emerge as Governance Battlegrounds
As one of the largest asset managers in the world, BlackRock has leveraged its position in recent years to encourage better corporate governance and a...