Jared L. Landaw, Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Barington Capital Group, L.P. Demographic diversity alone doesn’t guarantee a board will have a healthy variety of viewpoints on key issues. Instead, companies need to consciously design boards to expand cognitive...

By John Jannarone Both of the leading proxy advisory firms, which many institutional asset managers use as a guide for shareholder votes, have backed new director nominees at Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) submitted by 6.1% shareholder Fir Tree Partners....

Kyushu Railway Company Faces Second Proxy Fight with Fir Tree Partners ISS, Glass Lewis Backed Fir Tree Last Year But Activist Lost by Narrow Margin Kyushu Railway Company Appears Slow to Embrace Modern Corporate Governance Fir Tree Wants More Transparency,...

    Jason Dressel, Managing Director at History Factory By John Jannarone The coronavirus pandemic has created questions among senior executives around the world they’ve never needed to address. One place they’ve been looking: Their counterparts at other corporations. And...

Ranpack Chairman and CEO Omar Asali By John Jannarone Some plastic packaging material may be recyclable, but very little of it actually winds up being recycled and instead pollutes the earth for hundreds of years. Paper packaging, on the other...

CorpGov Hosted Panel with CTEH®, Nasdaq, Columbia Property Trust and ICR As state and local governments across the country phase out restrictions and allow companies to reopen, business leaders must be prepared to meet varying regulatory compliance and employee safety...

    CorpGov to Host Panel with CTEH®, Nasdaq, Columbia Property Trust and ICR As state and local governments across the country phase out restrictions and allow companies to reopen, business leaders must be prepared to meet varying regulatory compliance...

Understanding the Roots of Recidivism Will Require Deep Self-Reflection on a National Scale By CorpGov Editorial Staff In his song “Branded Man,” acclaimed country singer and former prisoner Merle Haggard once sang the following words: I’d like to hold my...

By Soo Kim The boards of directors of U.S. public companies overwhelmingly lack diversity. Within the Russell 3000, only 20% of directors are women and just 10% represent racial or ethnic minorities.[1] Much has been made in recent years about...

Sara Mahaffy, U.S. Equity Strategist at RBC Capital Markets By John Jannarone The coronavirus pandemic has prompted companies to take extraordinary measures, including actions and statements that demonstrate their commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters, according to Sara...