The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:32:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png 2017 Proxy Season Review – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 2017 Proxy Season Review https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/07/09/2017-proxy-season-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2017-proxy-season-review https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/07/09/2017-proxy-season-review/#comments Sun, 09 Jul 2017 14:04:37 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=95786?d=20190214130518EST Posted by Mark Manoff and Stephen W. Klemash, EY, on Sunday, July 9, 2017
Editor's Note:

Mark Manoff is Americas Vice Chair and Stephen W. Klemash is a Partner with the EY Center for Board Matters. This post is based on a publication from the EY Center for Board Matters by Mr. Manoff and Mr. Klemash.

Amid regulatory and legislative uncertainty, investors remain committed to holding boards, and themselves, to higher levels of accountability, transparency and engagement. The 2017 proxy season is marked by the launch of a historic US stewardship code and the emergence of proxy access as standard practice across large companies.

These developments unite many leading investors behind common governance and stewardship principles and encourage other investors to take a more active approach to stewardship responsibilities. They also grant investors more influence over the companies they own.

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