Take a moment to use the links below to register for any – or all – of these complimentary proxy season webcasts taking place next week:
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Climate and Sustainability Regulations: End-of-Year Review
Penned by Cooley’s Beth Sasfai, Emma Bichet, Michael Mencher and Jack Eastwood, here’s a comprehensive Cooley alert that offers a snapshot of where sustainability-related regulations stand here and abroad at this point in time. Here’s an excerpt about sustainability-focused legislation at the US state level: “As discussed in this September 2024 client alert, climate reporting continues to be a focus of state-level legislation, primarily led …
The ‘ESG’ Acronym Is Less Popular – Does It Matter?
It’s clear that over the past few years, investors have tweaked their voting policies to tone down use of the term “ESG.” And it’s also clear that more and more companies are changing the title of their reports relating to ESG issues to another term, with the most popular one being “Sustainability.” Other notable titles are “Growth and Impact” and “Corporate Social Responsibility.” Not to …
Video Archive: “Tackling the Hot Spots in Periodic Reports and Earnings Releases”
Here’s the video archive for the recent webcast – “Tackling the Hot Spots in Periodic Reports and Earnings Releases” – featuring Cooley’s Courtney Tygesson and Julia Boesch, who provided an overview of periodic reporting and earnings release requirements, as well as provided helpful tips and key considerations for drafting reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, earnings releases, and more.
Next Wednesday’s Webcast: “Proxy Season Preview (Including ISS and Glass Lewis Policy Updates)”
Tune in next Wednesday, January 15th – for the complimentary webcast: “Proxy Season Preview (Including ISS and Glass Lewis Policy Updates).” Cooley partners Ali Murata and Brad Goldberg, along with Compensia principal Mark Borges, will provide an overview of hot-button topics in proxy disclosures leading into the 2025 proxy season – including proxy advisory firm and institutional investor policy updates. Register now.
BlackRock Updates Voting Policies and Engagement Priorities
Just before the holidays got going, BlackRock updated their voting policies and engagement priorities. Here’s a laundry list of those updated documents: For the changes to BlackRock’s Voting Benchmark Policies, here are eight notable things to be aware of – courtesy of Cooley’s Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher and Jordan Cohen: It’s also notable that BlackRock has created a new initiative called “BlackRock Active Investment Stewardship,” …
Large Companies Are Now Living in a Double Materiality World: What About Smaller Companies?
With most S&P 500 companies well underway on their CSRD materiality assessments, it’s not surprising that there is a fast-growing number of them that have completed – or are in the process of completing – “double” materiality assessments. Cooley’s Michael Mencher notes that smaller companies are less likely to be on this path if they’re not subject to the CSRD, and their references to a …
Should the SEC Revisit Executive Security Perquisite Disclosure?
Here is the conclusion from this Cooley alert penned by Michael Bergmann, Brad Goldberg, Ali Murata, Amanda Weiss, and Janice Chan: “Reexamining personal security-related perquisites is further supported in an environment where the line between personal and business activities has been so significantly blurred since the 2006 release. Technological advancements have all but eliminated the nine-to-five workday for senior executives and ushered in a world …
New ISS Policy Updates, Pay FAQs and Hint of Pay-for-Performance Changes to Come
This Cooley Alert penned by Michael Bergmann, Brad Goldberg, Ali Murata, Beth Sasfai, and Megan Schilling digs deeper into the recent changes to ISS’ voting policy guidelines and executive pay FAQs than I recently did in this blog. Here is an excerpt related to the changes to the executive compensation FAQs: “On December 13, 2024, ISS published updates to its Executive Compensation Policies FAQ, which …
Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule Is Dead: Now What?
As we recently blogged about, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the SEC’s approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity disclosure rules last week. As a result, these rules no longer apply to proxy and information statements filed by Nasdaq-listed companies. Cooley’s Beth Sasfai told me she is fielding a lot of questions about what this means for Nasdaq-listed companies. Beth notes it means …