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The Conference Board Governance Center Announces Formation of Task Force on Corporate/Investor Engagement

The Task Force was formed to bring directors of public companies and investors together to find solutions that will create a stronger corporate governance system and help to restore trust in business. 

Full Press Release    |    Visit the Task Force website


As a corporate director or governance executive, you are being challenged as never before with vastly increased responsibility, unprecedented accountability, and changing expectations. Moreover, areas such as compensation, audit, and risk management are rapidly evolving.

To address these developments, The Conference Board Governance Center adopts a multi-functional perspective on the issues. You will find programs that integrate ethics, compliance, enterprise risk management, sustainability, and shareholder activism into the view. Plus, you will have access to all of The Conference Board research on these interrelated disciplines.

You will also find we have added into our membership offering The Conference Board Director’s Education Program, enabling directors to stay abreast of the rapidly changing oversight issues facing today.

As a member of the Governance Center you will participate in a thought leading forum to:

Engage with other corporate executives and institutional investors in a confidential, non-adversarial setting;

Hear from outside experts about emerging issues, discuss and get counsel on your most pressing governance, ethics, and enterprise risk challenges;

Examine issues from an interdisciplinary perspective; and

Drive landmark research that contributes to advancing best practices.

What's Happening at the Center

Read the latest Governance Center Newsletter

 June 12, 2013

Governance Watch: Corporate Political Spending
Virtual

June 13 & 14, 2013

A Two-Day Corporate Governance & Compliance Directors' Institute
New York, NY

June 17, 2013

Task Force Meeting
New York, NY

August 7, 2013

Governance Watch
Virtual

September 10, 2013

Directors' Institute
Chicago, IL

October 2, 2013

Director Roundtable: Building the 21st Century Board
New York, NY

October 2, 2013

Governance Watch: Alternative Pay Disclosures
Virtual

October 2, 2013

Annual Center Meeting
New York, NY

December 4,2013

Governance Watch
Virtual

Learn more about our 2013 Director Roundtables

Programs of Interest featuring the Center

June 24 & 25, 2013

The Millstein Governance Forum
Hosted by:
Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia University

July 25 & 26, 2013

PLI Understanding the Securities Laws 2013
Hosted by:
Practising Law institute

 

Membership

For information on membership in The Conference Board Governance Center, please contact the Center's Executive Director, Donna Dabney, at donna.dabney@conferenceboard.org or +1-212-339-0221.

Lead Sponsors

Lead Sponsor: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Lead Sponsor: Egon Zehnder
Lead Sponsor: PwC Center for Board Governance

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Proxy Voting Fact Sheet 2013

This edition of the Proxy Voting Fact Sheet contains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and February 28, 2013.

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