Companies are required under their respective Business Corporations Acts (BCAs) to submit their financial statements and the auditor's report, which is included in the company’s annual report,...

Over the past year, boards found themselves dealing with new investor pressures, ESG disclosure guidelines and SEC rules. Extreme weather events have forced rethinking of siting and supply chains even as climate-related strategies have wavered in the face of on-again-off-again state and federal shifts over green...

Drawing on insights from our interactions with directors and business leaders, we highlight five issues to keep in mind as compensation committees consider and carry out their 2024 agenda...

Drawing on insights from our latest surveys and interactions with directors and business leaders, we highlight seven issues to keep in mind as nom/gov committees consider and carry out their 2024 agendas...

Engagement with institutions that use pass-through voting must start earlier to diagnose how much is passed through to clients and attempt to determine what methodology they are using. While ensuring that your company has best practices in place for governance to align support, companies need to remember that engagement ...

Audit committees can expect their company's financial reporting, compliance, risk, and internal control environment to be put to the test by an array of challenges - from global economic volatility and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to cybersecurity risks and ransomware attacks and preparations ...

Much has changed in the geopolitical and glob al economic environment. Companies face a deluge of risks, including the escalation of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East; the continuing deterioration of US-China relationship…

After almost two decades of board evaluation experience in different parts of the world, the authors observed a frequent finding. It's a finding that, in most cases, remains hidden and hurts the efficacy of boards and, likely, policy-making...

As part of our annual review of the 2023 TSX60 issuer proxy circulars, we have analyzed the shareholder proposals submitted to these issuers to better understand how shareholder expectations / concerns have evolved over the years...

The news is not all grim, though. Directors’ views on shareholder engagement have evolved. Their confidence level in technical topics such as cybersecurity has grown. Strides have been made when it comes to diversifying the boardroom, though it remains a work in progress....