Laurie Havelock
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How to keep track of organizations in a time of global growth and regulatory dynamics
Governance Intelligence Webinar dives into complicated world of entity management How can governance professionals keep track of an increasingly complex organization amid rapid expansion, acquisitions and other transactions? This was the focus of a recent Governance Intelligence Webinar titled ‘How to navigate global growth, regulatory dynamics and professional partnerships’, held in association with Athennian. A panel of experienced professionals discussed the challenges of global expansion, whether through entering a new jurisdiction or by expanding your organization’s presence via its existing subsidiaries. Gregg Mazzetti, senior director of global governance at Salesforce, was well placed to discuss these challenges after his company…
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Support for environmental shareholder proposals fell in 2023 amid anti-ESG investor sentiment
Big investors supported significantly fewer environmental proposals last year, Georgeson finds Investor support for environmental shareholder proposals was lower last year than in 2022, with big investors such as Vanguard, Capital Group and Dimensional supporting less than 10 percent of environmental proposals, data shows. A total of 68 anti-ESG proposals were put to a vote during 2023’s proxy season: four that tackled environmental issues, 46 social proposals and 18 concerning governance matters, according to Georgeson’s latest Investor Voting Report. Of the largest institutional investors, Northern Trust continued to be most likely to support environmental proposals, though it was also the…