Weekly Roundup: August 9

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of August 9–15, 2019.

5 Steps for Tying Executive Compensation to Sustainability

Posted by Blair Jones and Seymour Burchman, Semler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC, on Friday, August 9, 2019

Tags: Climate change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Executive Compensation, Incentives, Sustainability

Cleveland, Kondo, and Capital: Remarks before the American Chamber of Commerce

Posted by Hester M. Peirce, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Friday, August 9, 2019

Tags: Capital formation, Innovation, Investor protection, IPOs, Public firms, SEC, SEC rulemaking, Securities enforcement, Securities regulation

Finalized Volcker Rule Amendments

Posted by V. Gerard Comizio and Nathan S. Brownback, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Saturday, August 10, 2019

Tags: Banks, Financial institutions, Financial regulation, Growth Act, Securities regulation, Volcker Rule

Net-Zero By 2050: Investor Risks in the Context of Deep Decarbonization of Electricity Generation

Posted by Eli Kasargod-Staub and Kimberly Gladman, Majority Action, on Saturday, August 10, 2019

Tags: Climate change, Disclosure, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Institutional Investors, Risk, Sustainability

Building a Sustainable and Competitive Economy: An Examination of Proposals to Improve Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosures

Posted by Paul S. Atkins, Patomak Global Partners, LLC, on Sunday, August 11, 2019

Tags: Climate change, Disclosure, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Public firms, Risk disclosure, SEC, Securities regulation, Sustainability, Taxation

Managing Legal Risks from ESG Disclosures

Posted by David R. Woodcock, Amisha S. Kotte, and Jonathan D. Guynn, Jones Day, on Monday, August 12, 2019

Tags: Boards of Directors, Climate change, Disclosure, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Risk assessment, Risk management, Securities regulation, Sustainability

Adoption of CSR and Sustainability Reporting Standards: Economic Analysis and Review

Posted by Hans Bonde Christensen (University of Chicago), Luzi Hail (University of Pennsylvania), and Christian Leuz (University of Chicago), on Monday, August 12, 2019

Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Disclosure, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Institutional Investors, Sustainability

Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting, Research & Analysis

Posted by Danielle A.M. Melis, BPP Group, on Monday, August 12, 2019

Tags: Conflicts of interest, Engagement, International governance, Jurisdiction, Ownership, Proxy advisors, Proxy voting, Shareholder communications, Shareholder voting, Stakeholders, Stewardship, Stewardship Code, Transparency

Female Board Power and Delaware Law

Posted by Nate Emeritz, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, on Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Tags: Board composition, Boards of Directors, Delaware law, DGCL, DGCL s.141, DGCL s.142, DGCL Section 102, Director nominations, Director qualifications, Diversity

Modernization of Regulation S-K

Posted by William H. Hinman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Tags: Disclosure, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Regulation S-K, SEC, SEC enforcement, Securities enforcement, Securities regulation

Bebchuk & Hirst Article on Index Funds Wins Fernández de Araoz Award on Corporate Finance

Posted by Tami Grozwald-Ozery (Harvard Law School), on Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Tags: Institutional Investors, Lucian Bebchuk, Program on Corporate Governance

The Governance Implications of the Equifax and Facebook Settlements

Posted by Michael W. Peregrine, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, on Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Tags: Board oversight, Boards of Directors, Compliance & ethics, Cybersecurity, Equifax, Facebook, FTC, Privacy, Risk disclosure, Risk management, Settlements

Inventor CEOs

Posted by Emdad Islam (Monash University) and Jason Zein (University of New South Wales), on Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Tags: Firm performance, Innovation, Management, Managerial style, Patents, R&D, Tech companies

Non-Employee Director Pay Practices

Posted by Bill Reilly, Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC, on Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Tags: Board performance, Boards of Directors, Director compensation, Equity-based compensation, Incentives, Say on pay, Surveys

SEC Enforcement in Financial Reporting and Disclosure: 2019 Mid-Year Update

Posted by David Woodcock, Shamoil T. Shipchandler, and Joan E. McKown, Jones Day, on Thursday, August 15, 2019

Tags: Climate change, Disclosure, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Insider trading, Internal control, SEC enforcement, Securities enforcement, Sustainability

More than Money: Venture Capitalists on Board

Posted by Natee Amornsiripanitch (Yale University), Paul A. Gompers (Harvard Business School), and Yuhai Xuan (University of Illinois), on Thursday, August 15, 2019

Tags: Acquisitions, Board composition, Boards of Directors, Director nominations, Management, Mergers & acquisitions, Surveys, Venture capital firms

A New Milestone for Board Gender Diversity

Posted by Cydney S. Posner, Cooley LLP, on Thursday, August 15, 2019

Tags: Board composition, Board turnover, Boards of Directors, Director nominations, Director qualifications, Diversity, Public firms, SEC, Securities regulation

Weekly Roundup: August 9–15, 2019