In this 8-minute video, Cooley’s Asa Henin and Alaina DeBona dive into the nitty gritty of the “voting standards” section of the proxy by providing these practice pointers – these “5 Quick Things”:
Sustainability Reports Are Getting Longer – Is That a Good Thing?
As I get older, my motto has been “less is more.” That certainly works for a mindful lifestyle. And it also works for pickleball, as one learns to hit the ball softly and place it cleanly rather than banging away at it to earn points. Although there is a broad range of length for sustainability reports, Teneo reports that, among larger companies, the length of …
How Corp Fin Might Review Shareholder Proposal No-Action Letters Under a New Administration
In this 19-minute video, Cooley’s Reid Hooper tackles what you need to know about the sea change that may be upon us under a new administration as he covers these “5 Quick Things”:
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 …
Here Come the EU CSRD and IFRS Disclosures
Just as I was starting this job, Cooley put out an awesome alert – with a set of great graphics – noting how the initial disclosures made voluntarily under the CSRD look. The top takeaways include:
Proxy Season Prep: 15 Tips and Reminders for In-House Teams
Ahead of Thursday’s webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – check out this Cooley Alert from Michael Bergmann, Brad Goldberg, Ali Murata, Beth Sasfai and Michael Mencher with 15 proxy season tips. Also check out tomorrow’s webcast: “Tackling the Hot Spots in Periodic Reports and Earnings Releases.”
ISS Opens Peer Group Submission Window
As noted in this Cooley alert from Ali Murata, Megan Schilling, Michael Bergmann, and Janice Chan, ISS recently opened its peer submission window, with it closing next Friday, November 22nd. As noted in the alert:
What Does a Shareholder Engagement Program Look Like?
Continuing on with our “shareholder engagement” series of blogs, you need an organized set of engagement procedures with priorities and the ability to call on internal cross-department coordination – and director participation – when needed, depending on what is on the engagement agenda. Some companies have a written shareholder engagement policy to memorialize their processes and procedures and help set the company’s ground rules. You …
Challenges in Meeting 2030 Climate Goals? What To Do Now
I was talking to Cooley’s Beth Sasfai and Michael Mencher about the challenges many companies are facing with ambitious climate goals that no longer seem realistic. Here’s what Beth and Michael told me (also see them in this 3-minute video with Emma Bichet about the same topic): Maybe you set 2030 targets way back in 2019 or 2020 – or recently set targets to meet …
D&O Questionnaires: How In-House Practitioners Must Use Their Judgment (Part 2)
Here is Part 2 of a two-part blog series about nine aspects of the D&O questionnaire process for which in-house lawyers must use their judgment (here is Part 1 covering the first three aspects and more): 4. Frame the question properly It’s important how you frame the question. This bears repeating: It’s important how you frame the question. For those areas where you expect there …