INVESTORS AND THE SDGS — AND YOUR COMPANY. How Are Investors Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals to Evaluate the Performance of Public Companies?

January 12, 2018

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by 193 nation-members of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. There are 17 goals and 169 “subsets” or targets. To achieve the goals over time (out to the 2030 target date), collaboration among investors, companies, governments, the UN system, other multilateral… Read More

Update: ISS Sold Again — Institutional Shareholder Services Will Have New Owner in 4Q 2017

October 2, 2017

In August 2017, we provided subscribers with information on key raters, rankers, scorekeepers in the ESG categories. One prominent firm of long-standing is Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).. The firm advises institutional investors -- including many "universal owners" such as public employee pension funds and organized labor funds that represent the… Read More

NORWAY SWF REACHES US$1 TRILLION IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT — Is Your Company in its Global Investment Portfolio?

September 27, 2017

Issue 2.2 The first "Sovereign Wealth Fund" ("SWF") was created in 1954 by the Middle East nation of Kuwait using oil revenues to establish a "fund for the future" to benefit the people of that strategic oil & gas producing country on the west end of the Persian Gulf. In… Read More

THE CORPORATE PROXY VOTING SEASON: When Company-Shareowner Engagement May Not Be Working — Investors Look to the Ballot Box

August 31, 2017

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

WOMEN IN THE BOARD ROOM: The State Street Campaign to Expand Director Diversity in Public Companies

August 29, 2017

Issue 1.5 Who sits in the corporate board room, making important decisions and overseeing management? Easy answer in the vast majority of such settings: the males. State Street Corporation is trying to change this picture. This is one of the world's largest asset managers and its reach is into thousands… Read More

Update: ISS Sold Again — Institutional Shareholder Services Will Have New Owner in 4Q 2017

NORWAY SWF REACHES US$1 TRILLION IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT — Is Your Company in its Global Investment Portfolio?

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