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IR & CSR - worlds colliding or nature taking its course?

February 08, 2010 by Rob |

Tagged under: investor relations, corporate social responsibility, sec

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Given all the chatter on Twitter about the SEC requiring every company “to disclose the impact that business or legal developments related to climate change…”, I thought I’d ask you what you thought about all this.

I have long thought IROs that avoid influencing their company’s disclosures on corporate social responsibilities (or CSR for those Alphabet Soup fans) are missing an opportunity to shed light on an important intangible asset at the very least and shirking a fiduciary duty at worse.

So - tell me - is the intertwining of CSR and investor relations an example of worlds colliding or simply nature taking its course?


Improving the Proxy Voting System

October 26, 2009 by Rob |

Tagged under: proxy voting, proxy, sec

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Interesting perspective from The Altman Group on how to effectively and efficiently improve the proxy voting system.

One of their recommendations really jumped off the page for me: require the NYSE to implement a robust investor education program to [try to] ameliorate some of the impact resulting from the loss of broker voting on non-contested director elections under Amended NYSE Rule 452.

Is it me or are corporate officers not as nervous about this change as they ought to be? Clearly, The Altman Group sees the same storm on the horizon that I do to make this one of their key recommendations to the SEC. What am I missing?


About rob

Position:Senior Managing Director

Rob Berick

Rob oversees Dix & Eaton’s investor relations practice and is a member of the firm’s Leadership Committee. Over his nearly 20-year career, he has developed and executed investor relations programs for companies in a wide range of industries and market cap sizes.

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