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Dan Nielsen Joins Clermont Partners, Expanding ESG Offerings

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Clermont Partners, part of Riveron, announces it has expanded its fast-growing Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) & Strategic Communications practice with the appointment of Dan Nielsen as a Managing Director. Dan joins Riveron’s ESG and Strategic Communications practice, formerly known...

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The Expertise Every Team Needs for Investor-Grade Climate Reporting

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The SEC is taking a closer look at corporate sustainability reports, and, even though the disclosures in these communications are voluntary, investors use them to make decisions. That means the SEC is interested in what they have to say—and each CFO should...

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Global Conflict Depresses Short-Term Outlook, But Clouds May Be Parting

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The now-wrapped Q4 2021 earnings season was marked by outperformance to close the calendar year, but real concerns as analysts look to 2022. Most companies (77% to be exact) beat their EPS guidance. However, Q1 2022 outlooks are down across...

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Hey, CFOs—Here’s What the SEC’s Proposed Climate Rule Means for You

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Three days ago, the SEC made it clear that CFOs and management teams should be taking action to not only manage, but also to price climate risk. Similar to traditional financial reporting, climate-related risk reporting is complex and cannot be...

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The SEC Has Spoken: Proposed Climate Change Disclosure Rules Are A CFO Game Changer

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Yesterday, the SEC unveiled its long-anticipated proposed climate risk disclosure rules. As expected, the implications are significant, and the proposal is clearly aligned with Larry Fink’s call for portfolio companies to report aligned with TCFD. Under the rule, companies must...

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Proposed SEC Rule Tells Corporates to Step Up Their Cybersecurity Game

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Written by the Clermont Partners ESG Team The SEC’s proposed rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure will amend the current interpretive guidance regarding disclosure of cybersecurity risks and incidents that were originally issued in 2011 and...

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Potential Investors Stuck on 4th & Goal? 5 Ways to get them into the Endzone

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If your management team has met with a potential investor several times, and has come up short of scoring, you can start to feel a little bit like the 2017 Cleveland Browns. And you’re not alone. According to recently updated...

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How to Incorporate a Best-in-Class Investment Proposition on Your IR Website

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Research shows that the overwhelming majority of investors use the IR section of a company’s website and most have made an investment decision based on information they found on the IR website. This means having the right information on your...

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Show Your Colors: Shareholders Want More Diversity Disclosure - And For Good Reason

ESG Communication

As requirements on diversity disclosure become more standardized, investors want to know how companies are integrating this sustainability factor in their strategies. And they are treating a lack of disclosure on gender and ethnic diversity as risk. Specifically, investors are...

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Activists Increasingly Seeking Out E&S Laggards

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The number of global activist campaigns dropped 10% in 2020 compared to the prior year, largely due to sensitivities around the COVID-19 pandemic. After sitting on the sidelines for most of 2020, activist campaigns are expected to starkly increase in...

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Are Your Investor Engagement Efforts Falling on Deaf Ears?

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Research Suggests That Many Actively-Managed Institutional Investors Are Effectively Indexed to the S&P 500. If your management team is doing great things, investors need to know. Sharing your strategy with portfolio managers at institutions known for active management should theoretically...

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How to Respond to Buy-Side ESG Priorities in 2021

ESG Communication

In it’s Winter 2021 issue of IR Update magazine, published by the National Investor Relations Institute, Elizabeth Saunders wrote an article that discusses what buy-side investors are saying about how companies need to demonstrate their commitment to ESG. To download...

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