wIRed

CIRI’s wIRed is a bi-weekly newsletter that keeps the IR community current on pertinent developments in the IR field.

 

Stories Covered: SEC Climate Disclosure Rules; IR Magazine Awards; Hiring IRO Talent; Shareholder Activism; AI for Business Leaders; Sustainability Disclosure

April 9, 2024

Stories Covered: Forced and Child Labour Act; OSFI Guideline B-15; CSA's Statement on Proposed Sustainability Disclosure Standards; SEC Climate-related Disclosure; Women in the C-Suite

March 26, 2024

Stories Covered: SEC Climate-related Disclosure; Virtual Shareholder Meetings; LinkedIn & IR; 2024 Proxy Season Guide; CSA Climate-disclosure Rules

March 12, 2024

Stories Covered: Virtual Shareholder Meetings; Earnings Estimates; Supply Chain Reporting Guidance; Glass Lewis and ISS 2024 Policy Guidelines; Generative AI & Capital Markets

February 27, 2024

Stories Covered: Activist Investors; CSSB Consultation; Sustainability Transformation; The Key to IR; AI and ESG Reporting; ISSB Resources & Guidance; ESG Insights

February 13, 2024

Stories Covered: 2024 Trends; ROI of a Top IRO; Financial & Sustainability Reporting; Emissions Reporting Resource; PwC CEO Survey; Global 100 List; ESG Insights; Access = Delivery; Modern Slavery Reporting Guidelines; Diversity Disclosure

January 30, 2024

Stories Covered: Access Model for Prospectuses; Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act; Section 16 Exemption; 2024 Proxy Voting Guidelines Updates

January 16, 2024

Stories Covered: Board Composition; OSC Statement of Priorities; Glass Lewis 2024 Benchmark Policy Guidelines; SASB Standards; U.S. Short-Swing Profit & Insider Reporting Rules

January 2, 2024

Stories Covered: IFRS S1 & S2 Resources; CEC Benchmark Assessments; ISSB at COP28; Capital Markets Enforcement

December 19, 2023

Stories Covered: IFRS & ISO; Shareholder Activism; ISS Proposed Changes; 2023 Proxy Season Review; ESG Reporting Insights; ESG Turbulence

December 5, 2023

Stories Covered: Short Selling; Shareholder Activism; Climate Risks; ESG Investment; Climate Scenario Analysis; Insider Tipping; Material Changes

November 21, 2023

Stories Covered: AI; ESG; Supply Chain Emissions; Continuous Disclosure Reform; 2023 Diversity Disclosure Practices

November 7, 2023

Stories Covered: CDP & ISSB; TCFD Report Findings; AI in Capital Markets; SEC Rules on Beneficial Ownership Reporting; AI and the Future of Work; ESG Shareholder Proposals; Shareholder Communication

October 24, 2023

Stories Covered: Continuous Disclosure Requirements; Women on Boards; ESG; CSA's Mining Advisory Committee; Diversity Disclosure; Canadian WKSI Regime

October 10, 2023

Stories Covered: CSA's Expedited Shelf Prospectus; Financial Reporting; Sustainability Reporting; Modern Slavery Legislation; BCSC's New Powers; Meet the CEO of 2025

September 26, 2023

Stories Covered: CSA Review; CIRI CEO; ISSB Standards; Navigating ESG; SEC's Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules; Emissions Reporting

September 12, 2023

Stories Covered: ChatGPT; AI & IR; SEC's Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements; SEC's Proposed Climate-related Impacts & Risks

August 29, 2023

Stories Covered: ChatGPT; CSA Review of ETFs; AI Regulations; Sustainability; CSA & CIRO Review Conflicts of Interest; IR TopGuns; Anti-ESG; AI Governance

August 15, 2023

Stories Covered: Filing Exemptions; Cybersecurity Disclosure; Human Rights; IOSCO; IFRS 2 & TCFD; ESG Data Distribution & Consumption; ESG Regulation & Business; ESG & Budget Cuts

August 1, 2023

Stories Covered: Filing Exemptions; ISSB Climate Standards; TCFD; Information Requests; CSA Statement on IFRS S1 & S2; Board's ESG Concerns; Climate-related Matters; LIFE

July 18, 2023

Stories Covered: SEDAR+ Launch; CSA Corporate Governance Disclosure Comment Period Extended; ISSB Standards; U.S. Clawback Rules; ESG Reporting; ChatGPT

July 4, 2023

Stories Covered: CIRI Announcements; Sustainability; Pitching Investors; ChatGPT; U.S. Clawback Rules; SEDAR+; ESG; CIRI Award for Excellence; CIRI Leadership Changes

June 20, 2023

Stories Covered: Deferred Launch of SEDAR+; CIRI 2023 Annual Conference; ESG Prioritization; Diversity; AI

June 6, 2023

Stories Covered: Climate Reporting; Share Buybacks; Scope 3 Emissions; SEDAR+; ESG; Diversity Disclosure; Top Corporate Emitters; Pricing an Offering

May 23, 2023

Stories Covered: DEI; CIRI & Notified Partnership; ISSB Priorities; 'S' in ESG; Boards & ESG; ESG Update; Climate Change Reporting

May 9, 2023

Stories Covered: TSX Company Manual Amendments; Corporate Governance Disclosure; ISSB Priorities; SEC Climate Disclosure Rule; Share Buybacks; New CSSB Chair; AI Chatbots; Climate Disclosure

April 25, 2023

Stories Covered: Green Trends; ISSB; Retail Investors; ESG Backlash; Corporate Reporting; Climate Governance for Mining Sector; 2023 Annual Meetings & Proxy Season

April 11, 2023

Stories Covered: SEDAR+; Women on Boards; IASB; ChatGPT; GHG Emissions; Larry Fink's Letter; Voting Agreements; Proxy Advisory Firm Policies; Finance & Sustainability Standards; Social Disclosures

March 28, 2023

Stories Covered: SEDAR+; Activistism; IFRS Symposium; Board Diversity; Sustainability Reporting; Voting Agreements; ESG Disclosure; Bottom & Green Lines; CFO Role; 2023 Proxy Season; Securities Act & IR

March 14, 2023

Stories Covered: Stock Buybacks; IFRS Standards; ISSB Inaugural Standards; Personal ESG Liability; ESG Reporting; SEDAR+; ESG Disclosure Rules

February 28, 2023

Stories Covered: Activism; U.S. Climate Disclosure Rules; M&A and Activism; Managing ESG in the Boardroom; Director Election Form of Proxy Requirement; What is ESG; Exec Pay and ESG

February 14, 2023

Stories Covered: Tips for Your Sustainability Story; SASB Standards; 2023 Proxy Season; Hot Button ESG Issues; Business Risk & ESG Accountability

January 31, 2023

Stories Covered: ESG Investing; Shareholder Activism; 2023 ESG Disclosure Study; CFO Action Plan; Modern Day Slavery; Women on Boards Trends & Targets

January 17, 2023

Stories Covered: 2022 ESG & Sustainability; Regulatory Framework for Short Selling; ISSB Additions to Climate Reporting Standard; 2023 Climate Trends; Board Composition

January 3, 2023

Stories Covered: Scope 3 Disclosure; GRI Sustainability Reporting; CFO Responsibilities; Activist Short Selling; Equity Plan; 2023 Proxy Voting Guidelines

December 20, 2022

Stories Covered: Biodiversity; Shareholder Proposals; Pay-for-performance Disclosure; CPIR Designation Holders; COP27; Focus of 'G' in ESG; Shareholder Engagement; Sustainability Reporting

December 6, 2022

Stories Covered: ISS's 'Vote Preference' Solution; Cybersecurity; Real-Time Market Data; Carbon Emission Disclosure; ISSB at COP27; Share Buybacks; ESG Initiatives; ESG Survey

November 22, 2022

Stories Covered: Board Diversity; DEI; Stock Buybacks; Continuous Disclosure; Proxy Voting; Women on Boards; Strategic Value of IR; Sustainability; OSC Annual Report

November 8, 2022

Stories Covered: Scope 3 GHG Emissions Disclosure; Shareholder Value; Climate-related Disclosure; Significant Destruction of Wealth; Canadian Recession; Advancing ESG; Pay vs. Performance

October 25, 2022

Stories Covered: Market Activity; ESG Strategy; Canadian Investors; Climate-related Disclosures; Sustainability; Reconciliation efforts; Sustainability Claims

October 11, 2022

Stories Covered: ESG Targets & Financial Performance; ESG Investing; Natural Capital; Capital-Raising; Measuring S of ESG; CEO’s Changing Role

September 27, 2022

Stories Covered: New Prospectus Exemption; Retail Voting; ISSB; C-Suite Pay; Modern Slavery Bill; Climate Engagement; ESG

September 13, 2022

Stories Covered: Pay for Performance; Activist Investors; CBCA Amendments; Independent Research After MiFID II; Battle Over Proxy Advisers; Shareholder Confidence

August 30, 2022

Stories Covered: ESG Investing; The Great Resignation; Understanding ESG Factors; Measuring ESG Impact; ESG Urgency

August 16, 2022

Stories Covered: IFRS Foundation; Climate Change in the Boardroom; IR Role; Forced Labour; ESG Ratings; Gender Equity; Raising U.S. Capital; Proxy Advisor Regulations; Sustainable Investing

August 2, 2022

Stories Covered: Investor Advisory Panel; D&I Progress; SEC’s Proxy Voting Reform; Proxy Voting Policies; Expectations of CFOs; Natural Capital; ESG Best Practices

July 19, 2022

Stories Covered: SEDAR+ Transition; CSA Comment Period Extension; CSA 2022-2025 Business Plan; GRI & ISSB Update; BlackRock Proposed Changes to SEC; Diversity; ESG Investing

July 5, 2022

Stories Covered: CSA Achievements; CSSB Announced; CSA Appointments; SEC & CSA Climate Disclosure Comparison; CEC Focus List; SEC Climate Disclosure Obligations on Canadians; Climate-related Activism

June 21, 2022

Stories Covered: C-Suite Priorities; ESG Investors; ESG Ratings; Integrated Reporting; Global Baseline of Sustainability Disclosures; Human Rights Reporting; ESG & the Board

June 7, 2022

Stories Covered: ISSB Disclosure Plan; New SRO and IPF; SEC Extends Comment Period; OSC 2022-2023 Priorities; Corporate Reporting; Investing in ESG.

May 24, 2022

Stories Covered: National Instrument 43-101; Disclosure of Climate-related Matters; Delivering Earnings News; Capital Markets Reform; Cost of Climate Disclosure; Sustainable Investments; ESG Compliance

May 10, 2022

Stories Covered: World Economic Outlook; Access Equals Delivery Model; Diversity Targets; Disclosure Standards for Mineral Projects; Primary Business Requirements; Majority Voting Requirements

April 26, 2022

Stories Covered: Access Equals Delivery Model; ESG in 2022; ISSB Proposed Standards; Proxy Voting Guidelines; SEC’s Proposed Climate Disclosure Rules; 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan; Majority Voting

April 12, 2022

Stories Covered: SHARE’s Voting Guidelines; Larry Fink’s Letter; IFRS & GRI; SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule; Disclosure; Globalization of Corporate Governance; Engagement Priorities

March 29, 2022

Stories Covered: CSA Statement - Economic Sanctions; Investor Advisory Panel; ICA Policy Statement; IR Framework & IFRS; SASB & ISSB; ESG Shareholder Pressure; Corporate Greenwashing

March 15, 2022

Stories Covered: CSA’s Guidance on Virtual AGMs; Materiality; Circular Economy; A Message to Critics of ISSB; Female CFOs’ Cautious Earnings Talk; D&I; Universal ESG Accounting Standards

March 1, 2022

Stories Covered: CPPIB Pledge; CFO Compensation & ESG; Glass Lewis Launches ESG Scores & Data; Reconciliation Efforts; ’SAFEs’; 2022 AR & Proxy Season; Equity Research

February 15, 2022

Stories Covered: ESG Interview; Business and Reconciliation; The IR Role; Women on Boards in Canada; ESG-related Investment Fund Disclosure; Fink’s Letter to CEOs; Assessing SDGs Progress

February 1, 2022

Stories Covered:Auditor Oversight Rules; CFO Responsibilities in 2022; Share Buybacks & Automatic Trading Plans; Non-GAAP Financial Measures; What’s to Come in 2022; ESG & Tech Issues

January 18, 2022

Stories Covered: ESG Investing; Proposed Capital Markets Act; DEI Strategy; Hedging Strategies

January 4, 2022

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