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Most investors support climate disclosure, board diversity, finds ISS

Climate risk disclosure and gender diversity on corporate boards are key issues attracting majority support from institutional investors, according to a new survey by proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. Its latest global benchmark policy survey generated 400 respondents from institutional investors, corporate executive and others in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia. It found 61 […]

  • September 13, 2019 February 23, 2021
  • 15:30

Poor punctuation underpins $150-million pension class action

The Oxford comma strikes again. In a case that turned on a dispute over number rounding and comma placement, an Ontario court has dismissed a class action brought against Bell Canada by the company’s retired employees. On Aug. 12, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified a proposed class action brought on behalf of 35,000 […]

  • August 16, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 09:18