The rules they are a-changin’: corporate governance developments in 2020

The Institute of Corporate Directors and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP have created a complimentary board diversity policy template designed to help companies meet gender diversity disclosure requirements and to provide a tool for boards to...

Boards of directors of most Nasdaq issuers, including Canadian issuers listed on Nasdaq, will be required to include at least two diverse directors, at least one of whom must be female, under bold new rules approved by the SEC on August 6, 2021...

Disponible en anglais seulement More and more, board members are expected to help manage a company’s climate risk and, as a business imperative, be stewards of the company’s climate transition into a low carbon economy.

This briefing is part two of our thought capital series on the changes to Canadian stock option taxation. 

Corporation Canada's report, which analyzes disclosure in proxy circulars filed by 403 companies during the full 2020 calendar year, highlights a lack of any significant representation by Indigenous peoples and persons with a disability, as...