Today's News
NEWS BRIEF:
CLIMATE CHANGE | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL
The environmentally destructive coal mining practice, for years a target of shareowner activists, faces new regulatory restrictions and limited financing from major banks.
NEWS STORY:
CLIMATE CHANGE | CLIMATE SCIENCE
The InterAcademy Council recommends that IPCC improve review processes and transparency in wake of attacks on climate science.
NEWS BRIEF:
SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
India's Ministry of Environment and Forests denies permission to mining company for bauxite mine on Niyamgiri mountain in the Orissa region.
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | PROXY ACCESS | REGULATIONS
Activist shareowners praise the rule that will allow them to nominate candidates for corporate boards of directors.
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING
Companies' support for opponent of gay rights undermines their policies on diversity and threatens reputational risk in the form of consumer backlash.
NEWS BRIEF:
ECONOMIC CRISIS | FINANCIAL REFORM | TOO BIG TO FAIL
Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson claims that defeat of Brown-Kaufman amendment leaves financial system vulnerable.
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