Sentences with phrase «shareholders demanding more»

Transitioning to renewable energy, capitalizing on new financial mechanisms such as green bonds and overhauling metrics used to measure the impact of businesses on society are all potential opportunities for savvy companies to get ahead of institutional investors, regulators and shareholders demanding more accountability.

Last year, a growing number of shareholders demanded more transparency on companies» political spending, with 30 percent of proposals reflecting that expectation.

Not exact matches

Prior shareholder letters insisted the proposals were misguided or ignored the company's efforts to spell out its position that even a world intent on limiting temperature rises would still need more oil — a position shared by bodies such as the International Energy Agency, which sees oil demand rising for some years to come yet.

Stanford University professor David Larcker, who directs the school's governance research program, says the case of Apple and Jobs's health has convinced more shareholders and institutions to demand that corporate boards establish detailed succession plans.

To effectively and proactively respond to shareholders» demand for more transparent management, the company also decided to assemble Transparent Management Support Team, a dedicated organization for the purpose, on July 1st.

If shareholders start demanding that more drillers use their cash to grow returns instead of production, it could be just the thing the industry needs to prevent drilling itself into another hole by causing OPEC to fight back again.

The demand, from one of the most significant and influential voices on the left of the Labour party, marks a departure from the usual narrative on responsible capitalism, which usually focuses on handing shareholders more power.

But the Celtic Tiger demanded something more ambitious, so it became a stand - alone company: a) When Society members became direct shareholders in One51, via a Feb - 2007 share exchange, and b) grey market trading commenced in One51's shares at the end of Oct - 2007.

Normally, when more than a quarter of shareholders demand an outcome, most corporate leaders make strong efforts to meet that outcome; Rex Tillerson was not among them.

Their letter was the latest sign environmental concerns that were once peripheral for many investors have become mainstream, with some of the most traditional shareholder groups demanding fossil fuel companies in general, and Exxon in particular, do more in response to climate change.

By Brad Plumer, NYTimes, Feb 2, 2018 Exxon Mobil's shareholders — concerned that the company's main businesses, oil and natural gas, may be imperiled — had demanded last year that the company give a more detailed accounting of the consequences of global policies aimed at curbing emissions of earth - warming gases.

«Given the amount of money you're spending on high - cost, high carbon projects... given your demand restraints due to carbon asset risks, we think a more prudent use of capital is to return more money to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks.»

As soon as you're leaving companies to decide whether they should offer to pay more tax, or enable voluntary disclosures, it might go down well with the public, but again we're back at the catch - 22: what happens when the institutional shareholders demand a particular return or dividend, they're not going to be happy when the Director turns around and says «well we can't do that because we voluntarily paid more tax this year».

Merger Objection and Post-Merger Litigation: Most public company mergers and acquisitions are accompanied by a merger objection lawsuit, in which a shareholder sues the target, the target's directors and officers, the acquiring company, and any advisers on the deal, seeking to enjoin the business combination and demanding more disclosures and greater value.