Corporate
Jul. 7, 2021
The intersection of shareholder activism and corporate ESG efforts
Activities of shareholder activists this proxy season at oil and gas companies have been widely reported. The successes of these campaigns is one of many indications of the increasing importance of environmental, social and governance matters to investors.
Derek Zaba
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Email: dzaba@sidley.com
Derek co-chairs of the firm's Shareholder Activism practice. Derek devotes 100% of his time to shareholder activism defense and proxy contests.
Kai Liekefett
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Kai co-chairs of the firm's Shareholder Activism practice.
Activities of shareholder activists this proxy season at oil and gas companies have been widely reported. The successes of these campaigns is one of many indications of the increasing importance of environmental, social and governance -- aka ESG -- matters to investors and, relatedly, the utility of ESG themes to shareholder activists making their cases for a changeup in boardroom leadership to investors. By integrating criticisms about alleged ESG failures into their...
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