Richard Fields, Robyn Bew - Monday, June 4, 2012 A new report finds that proxy advisory firms clearly impact the corporate governance dialogue, but that mutual funds generally consider multiple factors in deciding how to vote. Additionally, voting outcomes do not...

Susan Williams - Thursday, March 8, 2012 The natural gas industry is technologically capable of tapping vast shale gas resources in the United States, but it is unclear if all companies can successfully manage the complex array of environmental and social risks that...

Mark E. Bateman, Peter A. Soyka - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Investors and companies are both increasingly interested in sustainability issues. These issues typically revolve around environmental and social factors that have real but potentially long-term or...

Funding from IRRC Institute - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Institute has announced the recipients of a new annual IRRC Institute Research Award. This competition examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. A blue-ribbon panel of judges...

Funding from IRRC Institute - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Institute has announced the recipients of a new annual IRRC Institute Research Award. This competition examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. A blue-ribbon panel of judges...

IRRC Institute - Sunday, February 12, 2012 A new analysis indicates that environmental and social (E+S) shareholder proposals are gaining increased voting support from investors at U.S. public companies. From 2005-2011, average support for these proposals more than...

Anurag Sharma, Ben Branch, Chetan Chawla, Liping Qiu, Ning Pu - Sunday, January 1, 2012 Institutional investors often must decide whether to favor or oppose a proposed acquisition or whether to accept or reject a tender offer. In isolation such decisions are usually...

Funding from IRRC Institute, The Fair Labor Association, The Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project at Harvard Law School - Sunday, January 1, 2012 Harvard Law School's Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project, part of the Labor and Worklife Program, has completed...

IRRC Institute, Si2 - Friday, November 11, 2011A new study finds that corporate accountability and disclosure of political expenditures is on the upswing, with the boards of 31 percent of S&P 500 companies now explicitly overseeing such spending, compared to 23...

IRRC Institute, ISS, Marc Goldstein - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 At a time when engagement is front and center in the public debate about corporate America, this study provides the first-ever benchmarking of the level of engagement between investors and public...

IRRC Institute, Rock Center for Corporate Governance - Tuesday, October 19, 2010 The report provides an analysis of the decoupling phenomenon also known as empty voting that occurs when shareholder voting rights substantially exceed economic interest in the company....