Timely Insights & Perspectives on Corporate Sustainability, Responsibility & Citizenship

The American Bar Association, the largest legal trade organization with over 400,000 members worldwide, in more than 3,500 entities. ABA has long been a leader in promoting more effective corporate governance and rule of law, focusing attention on the challenges of global climate change, environmental pollution, renewable energy, sustainable development,… Read More
Issue 4.1 It's  a question often raised by boards and senior executives, posed to the management team members:  What is the impact, if any, of third-party sustainability rating agencies on our position in the capital markets?  Oekom, the global sustainability research organization, has been asking that question annually since 2013.  And… Read More
Issue 3.6 And What Negative Media Headlines May Possibly Appear With Central African Terrorist Activities Now In Focus... Prepared October 26, 2017 This is prepared as a backgrounder and heads-up brief for you about possible events that could draw public attention and in turn affect corporate reputation, share valuation, and perhaps… Read More
October 11, 2017 - Important news for your company out of Washington DC from the Securities & Exchange Commission - On Corporate Disclosure and Reporting -- "Reforms" Proposed We've been watching and waiting since Spring 2016 to see what the Securities & Exchange Commission may be thinking about or doing regarding the possible revamping of… Read More
Issue 2.1 Prepared September 27, 2017 Way back when, as the Dodd-Frank legislation was passed, a provision was included that called for public companies to annually disclose the ratio of compensation for the CEO (presumably the highest paid) and for the median compensation (of all employees). Was it going to be… Read More
Issue 1.9 The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the world’s most used framework for corporate sustainability / responsibility / citizenship reporting. The first generation of the framework was launched in 1999-2000 (the “G1”), which evolved over time through a multi-stakeholder process shaping G2, G3, G3.1, G4, and on to become today’s GRI Standards. After July 1, 2018,… Read More
Issue 1.8 Shareholder proxy activism is a year-round activity now, with peak periods of communication on critical issues during the early months of the year... in the traditional proxy voting season. The effects of spring 2017 voting could reverberate for the company long after the voting is counted. Some issues that once were tiny vote-generators… Read More

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