Acting on AI: California Targets Tech Transparency with New Bill

1 October 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill which aims to “enhance online safety by installing commonsense guardrails on the development of frontier artificial …

Read More

Deforestation Delay: EU Mulls Another Year’s Postponement of EUDR

26 September 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The European Commission is poised to delay the long-awaited European Union Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) by another year citing IT system issues.

What you

Read More
Dutch Corporate Governance Code

Dutch Danger: Corporate Governance Code in Crosshairs

23 September 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

A motion calling for the Dutch Corporate Governance Code to be scrapped could have severe consequences, a corporate governance expert has warned. 

Joris Thijssen, a Green Left-Labour …

Read More
UK Green Taxonomy ARGA Consultation

Augmenting Assurance: Minerva Stresses ARGA Must Avoid International Fragmentation

September 19, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn and Rina Cindrak

Minerva Analytics has stressed that international alignment of the UK’s Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA) must be a key priority to …

Read More
ERISA House Committee ESG Factors US DCSS

DCSS Disclosure Drive: US Bill Receives Strong Bipartisan Backing

July 29, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted in favour of the Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act, which would offer shareholders deeper information on …

Read More
Texas Proxy Advisor Regulation

Proxy Advisor Pushback: Texas Sued Over Impending Regulation

July 29, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Major proxy advisors are suing Texas over an impending regulation which is set to demand deeper disclosures on voting recommendations, risking detrimentally impacting investors.

The proxy …

Read More
Proxy Advisors US SEC

Proxy Advisors Prevail: Court Strikes Down US SEC Regulation Attempt

July 4, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

A federal appeals court has found that US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations which sought to dictate the behaviour of proxy advisors is …

Read More
Exec Pay SEC CEO

Relaxing Rules: SEC Mulls Easing Exec Pay, Public Company Regulations

July 4, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly considering both relaxing rules on executive (exec) pay and moving to alleviate regulatory burdens for …

Read More
Proxy Advisor Regulatory Attack Article Sarah Wilson

Stewardship Under Siege: Minerva CEO Criticises Regulatory Attacks on Proxy Advisors

June 24, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Minerva Analytics’ CEO Sarah Wilson has warned that proxy advisors are “under siege” following a series of high-profile attacks by US policymakers.

In an …

Read More
Texas Proxy Advisor Regulation

Investor Choice Infringement: Texas Advances Proxy Advisor Regulation

June 17, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Proxy advisory firms are set to imminently discover whether they will be subject to a stringent new regulation in Texas requiring deeper disclosures on voting recommendations …

Read More