The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published a consultation paper to facilitate discussion about activist short selling.
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After a brief holiday respite, the video calls are back in earnest. Yet burning out on them can set back your career.
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Nasdaq Inc on Tuesday filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that, if approved, will require all Nasdaq-listed companies to adopt new rules related to board diversity and disclosure or potentially face delisting.
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Many Canadian public companies have been accused of being slow to disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that are material for their companies' long term sustainability. In November, two notable developments occurred that should focus Canadian boards of directors and management on how directors oversee material ESG factors at their company and how their company discloses those material ESG factors to its shareholders.
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This update presents our predictions, based on the current governance environment, and our recommendations on issues that should be important when preparing for the upcoming proxy season. This year's update takes into account comments made by representatives of institutional investors and governance organizations at a webinar we held recently, and provides guidance to help issuers navigate turbulent times.
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A group of Canadian pension plan investment managers is calling on companies to standardize their environmental, social, and governance disclosure to help them in their investment decision-making and better assess and manage their risks.
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The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today announced their intention to merge into a unified organization, the Value Reporting Foundation, providing investors and corporates with a comprehensive corporate reporting framework across the full range of enterprise value drivers and standards to drive global sustainability performance.
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