Damning Verdict: BHP Found Liable for Dam Collapse in UK Lawsuit
21 November 2025
Australian mining giant BHP Group has been found responsible for the high-profile Fundão tailings dam collapse in Brazil in 2015 by London’s High …
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SEC Hands Companies Power to Exclude Shareholder Proposals, Sparking Investor Backlash
19 November 2025
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will not respond to company ‘no action’ requests to exclude shareholder proposals during the 2026 proxy …
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AI Answerability: US Bipartisan Bill Targets Corporate Job Loss Disclosure
18 November 2025
Two US senators have introduced a bill in an attempt to make companies answer for artificial intelligence-related (AI) job losses which could see corporates …
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Challenging Corporate Governance: Japanese PM Swipes at Companies’ Shareholder Focus
14 November 2025
Japan’s Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi has condemned companies for having too great a focus on their shareholders and taking insufficient action to increase wages …
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Reporting Reinforcement: FRC Issues Stewardship and Remuneration Guidance
14 November 2025
The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published three new sets of reporting guidance, two focused on stewardship code reporting ahead of the update to the …
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Remuneration Retraction: ANZ Bonuses Pulled Amid Misconduct Scandal
11 November 2025
Current and former executive members of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) have had A$32 million (U$20.9 million) in bonuses pulled following a …
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Tesla Trillion: Shareholders Approve Musk’s Significant CEO Pay Award
7 November 2025
Shareholders at electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla have voted in favour of a high-profile U$1 trillion pay award for CEO Elon Musk which would see …
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Shareholder Setback: Microsoft Excludes Proposal Despite Lacking ‘No Action’ Assent
5 November 2025
Tech giant Microsoft has controversially blocked a shareholder proposal from its AGM agenda without written ‘no action’ support from the US Securities and Exchange …
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Influencing Inequality: TISFD Paper Aims to Enhance “Clarity and Coherence”
4 November 2025
The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) has released a discussion paper as part of its efforts to bring “clarity and coherence” …
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Patching Proxy Plumbing: CII Urges SEC to Improve Voting Transparency
31 October 2025
The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has sent a letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging it to consider changes to …
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