AIRA 2019 Annual Conference Workshop - ESG and shareholder activism - How to best prepare your company
20 Nov 2019 Conference
Westin, 205 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC Australia
ESG and shareholder activism - How to best prepare your company
Course Outline:
1. Introduction & 2019 proxy voting season trends and statistics
2. Case study:
- How to prepare you company in the lead up to the AGM
- Your company is facing a shareholder resolution– how do you prepare?
3. ESG shareholder activism
- Civil societies and other types of shareholder activist group
- Reasons for ESG shareholder activism
- Associations/memberships in focus
- Company responses
4.Complexities of the voting process
- Knowing your investor base:
- Who has voting power
- Different types of investors
- Real time vote tracking why this matters
SPEAKERS
- Jana Jevcakova | Director, Corporate Governance, Morrow Sodali
- Talieh Williams | Special Counsel, Corporate Governance, Morrow Sodali
- David Poskitt | Manager, Client Services, Morrow Sodali
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