Shareholder activism, we are told, is on the rise. The number of campaigns, both shareholder value and environmental, social and governance (ESG) oriented, is expected to pick up in the US, while Europe is poised to enter a “golden age” of activism. Shareholder activism emerged in the early 1990ies within the broader movement toward greater …
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Comments on the proposal of revision of the G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
On 19 September 2022, the OECD released a proposal of revision of the G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance. First drafted in 1999 as a set of OECD Principles (following the Russian and Asian Financial crises), the Principles were substantially revised in 2004 (Enron & WorldCom scandals) and then lightly updated in 2015, when the text …