CFOs have to balance unforseen COVID-driven capital issues with the need for investment that drives long-term value creation.
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The diversity of boards and executive teams in corporate Canada is a key focus of regulators, institutional investors and the media alike. Over the past year, this diversity discussion has continued to show slow growth in the advancement of women in leadership positions, accompanied by an expanded focus into other facets of diversity. This year, new disclosure requirements under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) broadened the range of corporations required to provide disclosure regarding women in leadership positions and added new requirements for disclosure regarding visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities.
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At an open meeting last week, the SEC voted (once again, three to two) to adopt highly controversial amendments to the requirements for submission of shareholder proposals in Rule 14a-8. According to the adopting release, the final amendments are intended to "modernize and enhance the efficiency and integrity of the shareholder-proposal process for the benefit of all shareholders."
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Institutional investors managing more than $2.3 trillion in assets have signed the new Canadian Investor Statement on Diversity & Inclusion, an initiative coordinated by the Responsible Investment Association (RIA).
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Institutional investors managing more than $2.3 trillion in assets have signed the new Canadian Investor Statement on Diversity & Inclusion, an initiative coordinated by the Responsible Investment Association (RIA).
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Following the launch of a collaborative workplan between Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the standard-setters are working together to develop materials that show how the two sets of reporting standards can be used together.
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