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NEWS BRIEF:
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS | SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Referring to crises in governance from Enron to the financial crisis, the financial services organization recommends that institutional investors meet their responsibilities as universal owners through active engagement with companies in their portfolios.
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | POLITICAL SPENDING
Asserting that excessive corporate political spending reduces shareowner value and weakens corporate governance, shareowner advocates call on corporations to adopt a framework for disclosure developed by the Center for Political Accountability.
NEWS BRIEF:
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
A Eurosif study of companies listed in the FTSE Eurofirst300 index finds that relatively few European companies link executive compensation to ESG performance, with financial institutions lagging behind all other sectors.
BOOK REVIEW:
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | BOOK REVIEW
Author Bruce Piasecki describes a new global equity culture in which the corporations that thrive will be those that respond to the social challenges of a resource-restrained world.
NEWS BRIEF:
CLIMATE CHANGE
Following his October Executive Order directing Federal agencies to set reduction targets, Obama announces that the Federal Government will reduce GHG emissions by 28% by 2020.
NEWS BRIEF:
SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
An overview by the Corporate Library details some of the possible effects of the ruling on shareowner actions in what could shape up to be a critically important proxy season.
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