Each year, CIRI recognizes investor relations professionals who make a significant contribution to the practice of investor relations. These individuals are nominated by you – their peers. As a member of the IR community and CIRI, we ask you to consider nominating an IRO whose program or initiatives you admire and warrants recognition.
The Belle Mulligan Award for Leadership in Investor Relations recognizes individuals who have shown singular leadership in one or more aspects of the practice of IR. These could include new or improved applications of technology, progressive approaches to disclosure, outstanding mentorship, or remarkable leadership.
CIRI's Award for Excellence in Investor Relations honours individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the investor relations profession and to CIRI.
Click here for more information and to access the Nomination Forms. Nominations can be submitted to Jane Maciel. Winners will be announced during the 2022 Annual Conference taking place June 12-14, in Saint-Sauveur, Quebec.
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The CIRI team has put the summer to good use, developing fresh, new resources and events. Join us on September 27 at CIRI's new Speaker Series featuring Michelle Edkins, Managing Director of Investment Stewardship at BlackRock, for a candid conversation on corporate governance and sustainability plus hear what CIRI has in store for you this fall.
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Ahmed-Omer says there are signs the push for greater diversity in boardrooms and senior management is gaining traction.
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Although considerable focus must be placed on the public and private sectors to progress D&I, effective communications between companies, policy-makers and investors must be present, write Sofia El Boury and Gillian Karran-Cumberlege.
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Many companies are proactively recognising and unlocking the ESG value already present within their organisation, and one way to do this is through understanding how natural capital can play a role. Natural capital is not only the physical stocks of resources on our planet such as water, air, soils, minerals, but also the benefits we derive from these physical stocks. These are crucial to the sustainability of our economies and ultimately societies; they are known as ecosystem services.
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The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) and the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) today adopted a new prospectus exemption designed to facilitate greater access to capital for Alberta and Saskatchewan businesses.
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The U.S. stock exchange has won approval for a new rule that requires corporate boards to become more diverse. Now companies must implement that - and go beyond the numerical requirements and box-checking to create a thoughtful, purposeful solution.
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Boards of directors of most Nasdaq issuers, including Canadian issuers listed on Nasdaq, will be required to include at least two diverse directors, at least one of whom must be female, under bold new rules approved by the SEC on August 6, 2021. Nasdaq becomes the first regulator in the world to mandate diversity beyond gender on public company boards with its requirement that U.S. issuers must have at least one director who is from an underrepresented minority.
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