AIRA 2019 Annual Conference Workshop - ESG and shareholder activism - How to best prepare your company

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