Labrador (US)

ANNOUNCING THE 2023 U.S. TRANSPARENCY AWARDS WINNERS!   Which S&P 250 company takes top honors? Most improved? Best ESG Report? Makes “America’s Top 10?” Experts evaluated all S&P 250 corporate disclosure documents and reviewed 237 criteria and 59,250 data points. The “Top 10” demonstrate a commitment to their investors and other stakeholders by ensuring transparent communications– going way beyond mandates. And the 2023 #Transparency Awards winners are…view the video for rankings and top honors. Additionally, find information on the Transparency Awards website: https://lnkd.in/egrgQ-q AIG Allstate Altria American Tower BD Boston Scientific Cognizant ConocoPhillips Dow Freeport-McMoRan GE General Motors The Hershey Company Intel Corporation Johnson Controls Lockheed Martin Lowe's Companies, Inc. Moody's Corporation PayPal Pfizer PPG Procter & Gamble Prologis Regeneron Rockwell Automation Starbucks State Street Target TE Connectivity Thermo Fisher Scientific T-Mobile Trane Technologies U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Union Pacific Railroad Verizon Walmart The Walt Disney Company Welltower™ Inc. (NYSE:WELL) Williams Xcel Energy #transparencyawards #disclosures #disclosure #corporatefinance #investorrelations

Here is a list of 15 annual integrated reports from companies that are trying their best to be aligned – or inspired – with CSRD and ESRS #esg#climate https://lnkd.in/eD85gKMc

Our latest thought piece talks about the current trends in sustainable procurement and supply chain disclosure. This document comes amid a time when stakeholders are expecting companies to provide transparency around these areas. Read more: https://lnkd.in/guNa8rMp #ESG #corporatedisclosure #sustainability #supplychain

If you’re not scared of falling victim to one of the numerous scams out there in the digital world, then you haven’t been paying attention to the corporate compliance training that you’re forced to undertake every year. The scams are getting infinitely more sophisticated – and effective – and advances in AI will only serve to boost their chances. This Bloomberg article is truly an eye-opener as it provides details drawn from a FOIA request sent down to the SEC that reveals how close a few of the SEC Commissioners were to being scammed. This all could easily happen to you! #phishing #phish #corpgov https://lnkd.in/ezg9ZUWr

Investors and stakeholders expect thorough insights into Human Capital Management disclosures, including employee development, attraction, safety, engagement and retention. Our thought piece highlights examples to consider for your HCM disclosure in your annual report, ESG report and proxy statement. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gpZV4yWs #corporatedisclosure #humancapitalmanagement #transparency 

Recently, Broc Romanek talked to Michael Levin – of “The Activist Investor” fame – about his recent note entitled “Radical Board Transparency” that is an idea for a new type of shareholder engagement. If your role has been to serve as a gatekeeper for the board, you’ll have to be open-minded on this one for a minute to consider it. It’s food for thought – and Broc is not sold on it himself. As laid out in greater detail in his note, Michael’s idea is to allow investors (both portfolio managers and proxy committee members) to interact directly with directors. Directors would be trained not to break the law (including Reg FD) – and to really know the company’s business and they would interact with investors without chaperones. #boards #directors #corpgov https://lnkd.in/enrQ3w6k

As investors and other stakeholders call for biodiversity-related information, companies are beginning to disclose details about the impacts of their business operations on the environment and the reciprocal effect of environmental degradation on their business operations over short, medium and long durations. This thought piece examines why biodiversity is important, updates on new nature-related science-based targets and reporting frameworks, and outlines examples of nature-related disclosures from companies across diverse industries. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gqn8_mD5 #biodiversity #transparency #esg #corporatedisclosure

When Broc launched his first website back in 2001 – RealCorporateLawyer – there wasn’t a lot of content and anytime that he added content, he placed a shiny yellow “New!” icon next to that section on the home page. This concept works well for sites that don’t have voluminous levels of content and for which the same visitors come back for more often. That’s why this concept works so well for IR websites. IR websites don’t have a whole lot of content. There’s just enough that an indicator for when something new is added would often be warranted. But not so much that a “New” icon IR website would look out of place. That’s why Broc was so excited to come across (actually it was one of Labrador’s team members that spotted this as part of their “Transparency Awards” evaluation duties) the latest version of Coca-Cola’s IR website. The toolbar at the top indicates that there’s a new “Overview” section as that link is displayed in a different color (ie. red) than the pre-existing links (ie. black) and there’s a “New” icon sitting on the right of the term. Nifty! By the way, it’s noteworthy that this addition by the Coca-Cola Company does meet one of our transparency criteria for IR website accessibility. #6 of our IR Website Transparency criteria states: “There is a Company Overview or About section clearly identified and accessible from the IR homepage.” #IROs #investorrelations #corpgov https://lnkd.in/exAQJRqQ

Sustainability Magazine has featured Labrador (US)'s Nancy Mentesana in an article highlighting the crucial role of ESG controllers in today's business landscape. In the article, Nancy noted a shift from fragmented to regulatory reporting, emphasizing how companies are becoming more sophisticated in developing their reporting targets and methodologies. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gkdMSQuQ #ESG #Sustainability #RegulatoryCompliance

It might well be the case that many of you reading this don’t have any input into the IR web page at your company (or for your clients). When Broc Romanek was in-house, drafting the disclosure documents filed with the SEC, he had nothing to do with the company’s IR web page. Maybe that should change. In this blog, Broc explains why having an IR web page that is "accessible" is important - and provide three examples of companies doing this well #investorrelations #corpgov #IROs https://lnkd.in/e-ncyAvr