19 Dec, 2024 Montana Supreme Court Sides with Youth Climate Activists By Wendy Grasso In a 6-1 ruling yesterday, Montana’s Supreme Court upheld a landmark decision finding that a 2011 state law making it illegal to consider...
11 Dec, 2024 EY Survey Reveals Emerging 'Say-Do' Gap between Sustainability Reporting and Investing By Wendy Grasso EY just released its 2024 Institutional Investor Survey, for which it surveyed 350 investment decision-makers from institutions around...
06 Dec, 2024 Net-Zero Alliance Investors with Over $9.5 Trillion in Assets are Urging Mandatory Scope 3 Disclosures By Wendy Grasso The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (the Alliance), an influential coalition of pension funds and insurance companies holding a combined...
21 Nov, 2024 ISS Analyzes Trends in Corporate Political Activity Disclosures and Related Shareholder Proposals Over the Past Decade By Wendy Grasso Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently reported on trends in corporate political activity disclosures and related shareholder...
19 Nov, 2024 Accenture Report Reveals World’s Largest Companies Making Meaningful Progress Toward Net Zero, But Progress Is Not Fast Enough By Wendy Grasso Last week global professional services firm Accenture published its fourth annual Destination Net Zero report, in which it examined the...
19 Nov, 2024 Glass Lewis Releases 2025 Benchmark Policy Guidelines By Wendy Grasso Last Thursday, proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis released its 2025 Proxy Voting Policy Guidelines 2025 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines,...
15 Nov, 2024 Fifth Circuit Rejects Challenge to SEC Rule 14a-8 No-Action Letter By Wendy Grasso Public companies can breathe a sigh of relief, at least for now, that the Securities and Exchange Commission's 14a-8 regulatory process...
14 Nov, 2024 ISS Examines Trends in Shareholder Proposals Over the Past Decade By Wendy Grasso Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently released its “U.S. Shareholder Proposals: A Decade in Motion,” in which it examines...
14 Nov, 2024 Shell Prevails in Appeal Against Landmark Climate Emissions Ruling By Wendy Grasso On Tuesday, oil and gas giant Shell won its appeal against a landmark 2021 court ruling that ordered the company to cut its absolute...
28 Oct, 2024 More Companies are Disclosing Biodiversity Impacts By Wendy Grasso The year after the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted in 2022, the number of companies reporting on their nature and...
24 Oct, 2024 Middle-Market Companies Are Preparing for Sustainability Regulations While Monitoring Legal and Political Developments By Wendy Grasso According to a recently released preview of the RSM Middle Market Sustainability Survey 2024: US and Canada, 75% of middle-market...
17 Oct, 2024 Notable Trends in DEI Disclosure By Wendy Grasso Following on the first report in its 2024 ESG Series, Teneo Insights recently published its second report analyzing diversity, equity,...