Climate disclosure in US strong at state level July 19th, 2024 California, Illinois and New York have pushed ahead with climate disclosure requirements despite legal push back on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) final regulations. The SEC finalised its climate disclosure rules in March after more than a year wrestling over the requirements, but […]
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A North Carolina anti-ESG bill has become law after a Democratic veto was overturned.
The new law prohibits state agencies and state pension plan fiduciaries from considering ESG measures when making investment decisions.
Read MoreS&P 500 constituent Monsanto Company yesterday became one of the first US companies to hold its AGM following the introduction of the new US rules requiring an advisory vote on the remuneration of the directors and an advisory vote on the frequency of such a vote. Shareholders did not follow the management recommendation on the […]
Read MoreThirty US investors representing assets over $1 billion to have written to 17 financial companies asking for a say on pay this proxy season. The letter, addressed to addressed to the CEO and Chairs of the Compensation and Governance Committees of the companies, was coordinated by Walden Asset Management and the State of Connecticut Treasurer’s Office. […]
Read MoreAllie Monaco, Research Manager of Manifest’s US partners, Proxy Governance takes a look at the hot issues of the US proxy for the coming two weeks:
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