SEC Posts Interpretive Guidance for Climate Change Disclosure on Website
The Commission reminds companies of their obligation to consider such issues as legislative and regulatory developments, business trends, and physical impacts in disclosure relating to climate change. (02/09/10)

TIAA-CREF Calls on Shareowners to Take More Active Roles in 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. (02/08/10)

In Wake of Controversial Supreme Court Decision, Shareowner Activists Develop Plan for Corporate Disclosure of 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. (02/05/10)

Book Review: The Surprising Solution: Creating Possibility in a Swift and Severe World
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. (02/03/10)