Dutch group Follow This calls BP’s refusal to accept a resolution on sustainability an “attack on shareholder rights”.

Planned succession is the norm, finds survey; partners’ pay packets at the Big Four; ICGN takes on US SEC over shareholders’ rights.

The White House orders the SEC to examine whether ‘politically-motivated’ proxies are ‘conspiring…to diminish the value of…investment’.

The move means corporates can bypass regulatory governance when deciding on the validity of shareholder proposals.

FTSE 100 CEO pay rises; sustainability regulation and the finance sector; US climate regulation stagnates; Q3 shareholder activism increases.

Aotearoa New Zealand tackles modern slavery; US proxy season sees shareholder proposals fall; SEC vote allows IPOs to ban shareholder lawsuits.

Senators raise concerns about the risks of ‘mandatory arbitration’, where facts could be ‘hidden behind closed doors’.

New rules on voting advice based on non-financial factors ‘misrepresent’ proxies’ work, claims advisory firm’s UK lead.

UK watchdogs ditch DEI plan; US SEC lacks ‘authority or expertise’ on climate rules; study finds CEO ability does not boost sustainability.

The startling sum of Elon Musk’s pay package may be beyond the orbit of other companies, but the governance principles are not.