New tools for evaluating ESG
As companies increase their communication on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) actions, there has been a proliferation of ratings and rankings that attempt to assess performance. Inconsistent reporting practices, however, make it difficult to [...]
6 tips to create a valuable Code of Ethics
At the center of your ethics and compliance program, your Code of Ethics radiates far beyond your company’s walls. Its content is paramount, but what is great content if it doesn’t reach its audience? We [...]
Meaningful Message: Inspiring trust through your CEO letter
The letter from the CEO or Chairman may be the most turned-to section in an annual report or proxy statement. Yet, many companies seem to be missing an opportunity to make a meaningful connection with [...]
Be creative when grabbing investors’ attention
Companies seeking to increase their engagement with shareholders are turning to inventive ways of attracting their audience’s attention. To reverse a long-running trend of decreased voting participation by retail investors, Bank of America is donating [...]
Let’s Be Clear
Investors are demanding readers. They are regularly connected to the Internet and expect to find the information they are seeking in just a few clicks. Once on the site, however, the content available and how [...]
Labrador and EY publish new Corporate Governance report
Broad progress by European companies on governance, transparency and other stakeholder priorities is reported in the 2018 Corporate Governance Overview, being published this month by Labrador and EY. The report surveyed 220 companies in four [...]
Keeping Pay Ratio Rational
Takeaways from San Diego The recent pay ratio & proxy disclosure conference in San Diego provided useful insights into how U.S. publicly-traded companies are handling disclosure of how their CEO’s pay compares to that of [...]
5 noteworthy trends from our annual proxy benchmark
For the second year in a row, our benchmark study of the proxy statements filed by Fortune’s 250 largest U.S. firms determined that companies are devoting an increasing amount of attention (and proxy real estate) [...]
Getting ready for the activist at your door
Chris Wightman, a partner and founder of CamberView Partners and formerly with Vanguard, recently shared his views with Labrador on investor-company relations, the effects of changes in ownership and shareholder activism. Since CamberView’s founding in [...]
New UK governance code: meaningful, transparent reporting
Glass Lewis, 07/16/2018 The new UK governance code, released July 16, is moving away from the tick-box approach to disclosure, setting new standards for regulators, such as the SEC, in hopes that companies will increase [...]