New SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Offer ESG Strategy Gut Check for Boards

Now is the time to raise the bar on your ESG commitment.

Five Questions Boards Should Ask About the War in Ukraine

Boards have an opportunity to define protocols around crisis management and ESG.  

SEC Proposal Seeks Quicker, Standardized Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents

Speedy disclosures present possible headaches for boards and companies. 

ESG and Talent Retention Lead the Annual Meeting Agenda

The issues that will demand attention from shareholders. 

Boards and Management Must Work Together to Strengthen Cybersecurity

Identify cybersecurity communication gaps and ways to close them.

Exposure to P&L Talent Pipeline Means More Women CEOs

Be intentional about moving women into executive roles.

Ukraine and Corporate Boards

Preparing for cyber risk should be high on the director checklist.

Digital Savvy Is Rising as a Key Director Trait

But boards are still short on members with a digital mindset.

AI Governance for Boards: Insights from the World Economic Forum

Agility and a multistakeholder approach are essential for success.  

Boards Poised for Change on Diversity Issues

Report addresses board makeup, diversity impediments and meeting efficiency.

How Not to Succeed Against an Activist

ExxonMobil and Genesco highlight what doesn’t — and does — work against activist investors.  

Mandatory ESG Disclosures Equal Informed Investment Decisions

Ahead of SEC decision, independent organization looks to fortify climate disclosures.

Institutional Investors Done with Talk on ESG, Ready for Action

D&O Insurance Prices Jump

The average price per million dollars in D&O insurance coverage increased 16.8% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the pricing in Q4 2020, according to Aon’s recently released D&O Pricing Index.

D&O Insurance Prices Jump

Corporate Social and Political Engagement: An Introduction

Corporations have the right to free speech. Should they exercise that right?    

A Political and Social Engagement Glossary for Boards

The following is a series of definitions for terms that appeared in Directors & Boards' Board Guide to Political Engagement.     

How to Respond to Social and Political Issues

For the Directors & Boards' Board Guide to Political Engagement, four governance experts gave their views on how to respond to social and political issues in the present-day atmosphere.  

10 Principles for Board Political and Social Engagement

Plus 10 recommendations for boards to consider.    

Preparing for Shareholder Activism on Political Spending

The board should be ready to address shareholder concerns about political spending in advance of the company’s annual meeting.