Why Silence Is Not Golden For CEOs
Corporate leaders know harmony, not divisiveness, is in the interest of society and business.
Corporate leaders know harmony, not divisiveness, is in the interest of society and business.
Five tips for getting real diversity in your boardroom before the absence of it begins to affect your bottom line.
Perhaps the hottest topic in modern business is the role of ESG in corporate America. From CEOs to institutional investors to Washington regulators, everyone has an opinion. Too often lost in this conversation: the voices of corporate board members. To find out how boards are integrating matters of ESG into their overall risk and strategy oversight, Corporate Board Member partnered with EY’s Center for Board Matters to survey 381 public company directors on their perspectives, practices and forecasts for ESG. Here are our key findings.
While we should take time to acknowledge the progress made in diversifying corporate boards, this is also a good time for directors to determine where they stand on this issue.
With shareholder proposals at record levels, proxy advisors threatening to vote “against” directors on non-diverse boards and increasing state legislation threatening fines for lack of diversity, it may soon be all but mandatory.
Roisman tells directors that SEC should “consider tailoring new rules to mitigate costs” before embarking on a widely-anticipated wave of ESG rulemaking.