Long-term sustainability: Can Corporate Governance bring magic solutions? – Brussels, March 2018
The importance of stimulating shareholder engagement towards more of sustainability and long-termism, is a priority of the EU. However in corporate governance models with widely dispersed shareholders, such an ambition will only have a chance of being realised if a set of complementary conditions are further developed. This conference, jointly organised by ecoDa and PwC, will examine the type of incentives that are created by the legal/fiduciary duties of both directors and investors.
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