Corporate governance - Vigil

“It’s going to create a great experiment,” said Parisa Mahboubi, senior policy analyst with the C.D. Howe Institute, adding that more generous clawback regimes, such as that of the CRB, are generally more successful in encouraging people to return to work.

New OECD report suggests ESG concepts are unworkable and unmeasurable. Milton Friedman would agree. And so would WE

The American economy is being buffeted by a fresh round of corporate layoffs, signaling new anxiety about the course of the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty about further legislative relief.

Today 58% of companies in America’s s&p 500 index publish one, up from 37% in 2011, according to Datamaran, a software provider. Among the photos of blooming flowers and smiling children, firms sneak in environmental, social and governance (esg) data, such as their carbon footprint or the share of women on boards. But the information differs wildly from firm to firm.

Aviva, Deloitte and Microsoft’s UK business will set fresh ethnicity targets for their boardroom and executive teams, as part of a new drive to address the “painfully slow” progress in improving racial diversity across British business.

In this episode, Sarah Hofstetter offers E-commerce expertise and discusses the new challenges boards are facing in a completely virtual environment.

Brussels is suing the UK over plans to violate last year’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, which could lead to Britain being hauled before the European Court of Justice.

Many animals are being driven to extinction, as humanity imperils the world’s natural resources

The recovery in euro zone manufacturing activity gathered pace last month but it was largely driven by strength in powerhouse Germany, and rising coronavirus cases across the region may yet reverse the upturn, a survey showed.

EU antitrust regulators will decide by Feb. 2 whether to clear Fiat Chrysler (FCA) and French partner PSA’s merger, a filing on the European Commission website showed on Thursday.

Ford Motor Co’s new chief executive, Jim Farley, on Thursday promised the No. 2 U.S. automaker would move with urgency, in contrast to criticism his predecessor faced.

Canada Infrastructure Bank has to think differntly about outside capital and 'the power it can bring': chairman Michael Sabia

The number of insolvency filings in Canada plunged to the lowest level since 1997 as massive cash injections from the federal government kept households afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.

BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, has criticised Volkswagen’s management and supervisory boards, saying the carmaker still suffers from a lack of independent governance five years after Dieselgate.

« La crise est loin d’être finie, les gens vont continuer de souffrir, financièrement et en raison du manque de contact avec leur entourage. C’est pourquoi nous avons fait le choix de geler les taxes foncières dans le prochain budget », a annoncé la mairesse de Montréal, Valérie Plante, en conférence de presse jeudi matin.

Noble Energy Inc shareholders on Friday are expected to approve its sale to Chevron for about $4.2 billion in stock, cementing the first big energy deal since the coronavirus crushed global fuel demand.

Monetary policy, fiscal measures and buyers’ preferences explain the unlikely boom

The U.S. broadband market is “highly fragmented” and contains many small and mid-sized cable operators that Cogeco would be interested in acquiring to become a bigger regional player, the company’s chief executive officer says.

Canada’s export development agency on Thursday predicted global growth of 6.6 per cent in 2021 after a 4.3 per cent decline this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, but said the domestic energy and tourism sectors would suffer.