2024 Proxy Season Preview

The 2024 proxy season is shaping up to have a “scattershot” feel to it.  Companies are receiving a high volume of shareholder proposals, often on new topics or with new approaches to long-standing concerns.  Some proposals seem to offer a solution in search of a problem.  At the same time, committee chairs seem to be taking turns in the hot seat: in 2023, Nominating & Governance Committee chairs received an average of under 90% support; will it be Compensation Committee chairs this year?   

While there may be a randomness to this proxy season, companies need to have a clear, coherent, and consistent approach —especially when their every word is scrutinized in this highly polarized environment. 

Join us for a discussion on:

  • Emerging themes this proxy season, and how it differs from the 2023 proxy season
  • The impact of universal proxy and the latest SEC developments
  • How companies are dealing with ESG backlash
  • Environmental proposals and the effect of climate disclosure rules
  • Implications of the Supreme Court decision in SFFA vs Harvard on diversity programs
  • Expectations for social, political, and human capital proposals
  • Trends in executive compensation
  • Key voting policy changes at proxy advisory firms

Who should attend: 
Current and prospective board members of public and private companies; CEOs and other C-suite executives; general counsel; corporate secretaries; corporate attorneys; investors; and IR, sustainability, citizenship, human capital, communications, and corporate governance professionals.

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2024 Proxy Season Preview
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2024 Proxy Season Preview

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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The 2024 proxy season is shaping up to have a “scattershot” feel to it.  Companies are receiving a high volume of shareholder proposals, often on new topics or with new approaches to long-standing concerns.  Some proposals seem to offer a solution in search of a problem.  At the same time, committee chairs seem to be taking turns in the hot seat: in 2023, Nominating & Governance Committee chairs received an average of under 90% support; will it be Compensation Committee chairs this year?   

While there may be a randomness to this proxy season, companies need to have a clear, coherent, and consistent approach —especially when their every word is scrutinized in this highly polarized environment. 

Join us for a discussion on:

  • Emerging themes this proxy season, and how it differs from the 2023 proxy season
  • The impact of universal proxy and the latest SEC developments
  • How companies are dealing with ESG backlash
  • Environmental proposals and the effect of climate disclosure rules
  • Implications of the Supreme Court decision in SFFA vs Harvard on diversity programs
  • Expectations for social, political, and human capital proposals
  • Trends in executive compensation
  • Key voting policy changes at proxy advisory firms

Who should attend: 
Current and prospective board members of public and private companies; CEOs and other C-suite executives; general counsel; corporate secretaries; corporate attorneys; investors; and IR, sustainability, citizenship, human capital, communications, and corporate governance professionals.

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