Three Canadian banks among leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide
Goal is to achieve a better and more efficient governance and proxy process
MFDA board approves governance report
The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance is seeking comments on the latest version of its corporate governance guidelines.The institutional shareholder group has issued for comment new corporate governance guidelines that set out its expected best practices for creating effective boards of directors.The guidelines are comprised of 12 recommendations, including that firms ensure that two-thirds of […]
Low proportion of women directors is no longer acceptable, IGPPO says
RiskMetrics Group is seeking input from its institutional clients on proxy voting policies for the coming year.The firm said that its policy formulation process will include more outreach to investment industry groups and to the global corporate issuer community. The process includes a broad-based global survey, issue and market-specific roundtables and an open comment period. […]
Industry groups question timing of proposed corporate governance overhaul
Pension fund ordered to appear before public finance commission
Propose amendments would facilitate rights of shareholders to nominate directors
Boards need to increase their involvement in setting risk appetite, overseeing management and compensation