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Amending Board Committee Charters to Prevent Director No Votes

Proxy Advisory

Directors play a significant role as fiduciaries in overseeing ESG risk, and investors are increasingly interested in understanding how companies define this responsibility through Board structures and committee charters. Many large institutional investors gave issuers notice this year that from...

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ESG Investor Communications: Tying KPI’s to Your ESG Program

ESG Communication

With increased environmental and social disclosures in an environment that lacks standardization, investors must decipher between a robust ESG program and one that markets an image of environmental and social responsibility. Greenwashing is the corporate practice of spending more time...

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E&S Metrics in Executive Compensation: What do Investors Really Care About?

The investor landscape around E&S metrics in executive compensation programs is quickly evolving as institutions are pressured to set stricter, and more public, policies covering this formerly niche area, rating agencies are increasingly reporting on the use of E&S compensation...

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Investor Perspective on the Evolving ESG Landscape

Our team recently participated in two ESG investor events, Baird’s Investor Perspective on the Evolving ESG Landscape webcast and Q4’s ESG Panel, both in June of 2020. The following are interesting takeaways from both: ESG’s influence on investment management is...

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The 5 COVID-Related Questions Every CEO Needs to Ask Now

COVID-19

As we enter the calendar Q2 earnings cycle, more states are reopening while others are reporting surges and hot spots. The future is anything but crystalline. But investors are increasingly expecting more information. And they are not as willing as...

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Retail Monitoring - Black Lives Matter

Below is an aggregated list of retail companies that have communicated to external stakeholders in support of racial equality and the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd and many others. Very few companies are putting out...

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2020 Proxy Season Update: E&S Shareholder Proposals

While early reports indicate that shareholder activism will significantly decrease in 2020, investor interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) processes and oversight has not diminished. Investors continue to emphasize the importance of ESG reporting to convey how the company...

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Is It Time to Start Talking Recovery?

Learn 4 Ways to Re-engage Fundamental Investors For the last several months, crisis communication has been the name of the game. We’ve urged companies to overcommunicate with the Street, keep the focus on near-term issues, and emphasize the organization’s ability...

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Executive Compensation and COVID-19

Preparing for investors, proxy advisors, and activists in a post-Corona world Companies around the world, faced with once-in-a-generation fiscal and economic pressures, are making difficult business decisions right now. Following the initial wave of crisis communications, numerous companies are beginning...

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Adopting a Poison Pill Amid COVID-19

COVID-19

Market volatility has driven poison pill adoption conversations The broader market has experienced unprecedented volatility over the past two months, with the S&P 500 shedding approximately 30% of its value at its recent trough in March. Heightened volatility has led...

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IR Recommendations to Implement for the New Normal

Last week, you likely saw our commentary on how to stay engaged with the Street and evolve your IR program for the “new normal.” As it becomes increasingly clear that stay-at-home orders and the economic fallout are here for the...

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COVID-19 Communications: Multi-Stakeholder Outreach

General

As the spread of COVID-19 disrupts markets and trading, management and Boards should remain highly visible to serve as a credible source of guidance and information. Companies will be under increasing pressure to provide granular details of balance sheet flexibility,...

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