The European Union’s revised Shareholder Rights Directive (“SRD II”) is extending the chain of custody for proxy votes, increasing resulting reporting requirements for proxy voters, and expanding the reach of say-on-pay proposals into new markets. [...]
It’s time to get ready. After years of consultations and partial implementations, the final European Union-wide regulations of the revised Shareholder Rights Directive (“SRD II”) come fully into force in September, bringing new requirements for [...]
On December 28, 2018 the Spanish government approved Law 11/2018, which transposes EU Directive 2014/95/EU on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information into Spanish law. The new law amends the Spanish Commercial Code by specifying [...]
Glass Lewis hosted a proxy talk with Veena Ramani of Ceres to discuss sustainability competence on the board, and Ceres' new Lead from the Top report on that topic. With investors putting increased focus on [...]