wIRed

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

 

Stories Covered: Sustainability; Bill C-29; Digital Transformation; CSA Proposed Amendments to Issuer Bid, Take-over Bid & Beneficial Ownership Reporting; SEC Climate Reporting Rules; AMF Expectations for Use of AI.

May 26, 2026

Stories Covered: The AI Race; SEC Proposes Semi-Annual Reporting; Audit Quality & Canada's Financial Reporting; AI Risk; Financial Forecasting; Shareholder Activism; Outlook Series 2026

May 12, 2026

Stories Covered: TSX to Acquire Cboe; Non-Mandatory Nature Reporting; Sustainability Reporting; TSXV Removes Sponsor Requirement; 2026 ESG Disclosure Study

April 28, 2026

Stories Covered: Taxonomy & Transition Planning Council; Insider Reporting Requirements; Board Chair Skills; TSX-V Listing Requirement Changes; CSA Tokenization Initiative; ESG & Sustainability Trends; Quarterly Reporting

April 14, 2026

Stories Covered: Semi-Annual Financial Reporting; Executive Share Ownership; AI Regulation; SEC's Exemption of Canadian Issuers of Insider Reporting

March 31, 2026

Stories Covered: CEO Messaging; SEC Section 16 Reporting; What the Next 25 Years Will Look Like; Reducing Emissions for Canadian Mining Industry; Definition of 'Material Change'

March 17, 2026

Stories Covered: CSA Systemic Risk Committee Annual Report; AI & Valuation; Semi-Annual Reporting; AI Governance; SEC Insider Reporting Rules

March 3, 2026

Stories Covered: CSA Systemic Risk Committee Annual Report; U.S. Insider Reporting Rules; 2026 Proxy Season; M&A Outlook for 2026; Shareholder Activism; Modern Slavery Act

February 17, 2026

Stories Covered: U.S. Retail Shareholder Voting; AI & IR; Effective Networking; 2026 Global 100 Listing; AI & the CSO; The AI Imperative; Janet Craig Ups IR Game

February 3, 2026

Stories Covered: The AI Imperative; Updated Guidance for Supply Chains Act; Insider Reporting; JPMorgan Replaces Proxy Advisors; Board Agenda for 2026; 2026 Wall Street Expectations; Stakeholder Trust

January 20, 2026

Stories Covered: AI's Opportunities & Challenges; Safe Harbours for Climate-Related Disclosures; Predictions for 2026; What Investors & Boards Want from CFOs; CSA Request for Comment on NI 52-112; ESG Changes in the U.S.

January 6, 2026

Stories Covered: 2026 Proxy Voting Guidelines; Section 16 Reporting Exemption; Semi-Annual Reporting; Original Listing Requirements; Preparing for Proxy Season 2026; Beyond ESG

December 23, 2025

Stories Covered: CSA Retail Committee; CSA Systemic Risk Survey Results; U.S. Capital Markets Revitalization; "Material Change"; Bill C-251; New CSA Consultation Tool; Sustainable Investments; C-Suite to Boardroom; Proposed Amendments to NI 52-112

December 9, 2025

Stories Covered: U.S. Shareholder Voting Process; Non-GAAP Disclosure; Australia's Anti-Greenwashing Law; Budget 2025; Semi-Annual Reporting; Proxy Voting Changes; Nature-Related Reporting

November 25, 2025

Stories Covered: Greenwashing Laws; AI-Proofing Your Career; Canada's SAR Pilot Program; ISSB Passporting Provisions; Shifts in Proxy Voting; 2025 Diversity Disclosure Practices; Purpose Governance Among the TSX 60

November 11, 2025

Stories Covered: Semi-Annual Reporting Pilot; New FINTRAC Requirements; Crypto-Backed Lending Platforms; Delivery of Proxy-Related Materials; Canada Climate Policy; Forced Labour & Child Labour Reporting; Retail Voting Program; The Power of IR

October 28, 2025

Stories Covered: ETF Regulatory Framework; CSA Temporary Relief; Sustainability is Good Business; Automatic Voting Program for Retail Investors; Supply Chain Act Alert; AI and IR; Delivering an IR Update to the Board

October 14, 2025

Stories Covered: The Power of IR; CSA Request for Comment; Joint Modern Slavery Reporting Template; Quarterly Reporting; Canadian Climate Change Discussion; SEC Climate Reporting Rules

September 30, 2025

Stories Covered: SEC Warns IFRS; Tariff Developments; WKSI Shelf Prospectus Regime; CSA's Mining Disclosure Overhaul; Tariff Discussion on Earnings Calls

September 16, 2025

Stories Covered: Expedited Shelf Prospectus Regime; Cybersecurity Tips; Stock Buybacks; EDGAR Next; McKinsey Survey; Executive Pay; Canada's Financial Regulatory System

September 2, 2025

Stories Covered: CSA Year In Review; Finance Teams & AI; Sustainability; Strong Borders Act; Risk Management; CSSB Response to ISSB Exposure Drafts

August 19, 2025

Stories Covered: Activist Campaigns; Venture Issuers & Director Elections; Current Issues in Public Company Disclosures; Tariff Disclosure; EDGAR Next

August 5, 2025

Stories Covered: Sustainability; CSA Consultation on Despute Resolution; ISSB Standards Educational Material; Final Amendments to MI 13-102; ESG Global Rollback; Changes to NI 43-101;

July 22, 2025 

Stories Covered: CSA Guidance; 2025 Proxy Season; CSA Business Plan; Press Releases; Best 50 Companies; IASB Practice Statement; Cybersecurity Legislation; Greenwashing Guidelines; Shareholder Activism

July 8, 2025 

Stories Covered: Venture Issuer Definition; ETF Framework; Canadian IROs Preparing for Storm; Mining Disclosure Standards; Sustainability; Foreign Private Issuer Definition; Anti-Greenwashing Guidance

June 24, 2025 

Stories Covered: Environmental Claims & the Competition Act; Educational Material on Greenhouse Gas Emissions; PM Carney on Climate Policy; AI & Canadian Law; Press Release Ideas; CSA Changes to NI 43-101; When the Boardroom Becomes a War Room

June 10, 2025 

Stories Covered: CSA to Provide Temporary Relief; Executive Compensation Disclosure; Capital-Raising Options; Accountant Shortage; Greenwashing; CSA Pauses Climate & Diversity Disclosure

May 27, 2025 

Stories Covered: Edgar Next; ESG Debate in Canada; CSA's Climate Rule; ISSB Eases Scope 3; Canada's Capital Markets; Corporate Transformations; CSA's ESG & DEI Pause

May 13, 2025 

Stories Covered: Pause on Climate and Diversity Disclosure; CFO & AI Adoption; Financial Guidance; Changes to Prospectus Rules; CSA Supports Capital Market Competitiveness; The Trade War & the Board; Activists

April 29, 2025 

Stories Covered: Global Impact of Tariffs; AI Systems & Economic Relations; DEI 2.0; TMX's Action Plan; 'Liberation Day' & IR; TMX Listing Requirements; Trump's Tariffs Exempt Canada; Female Leadership Ranked

April 15, 2025 

Stories Covered: CSSB's Proposed Strategic Plan; EDGAR Next; Board Diversity; Tariff Round-up; Shrinking C-Suite; Shareholder Groups Demand Reforms; Climate-related Disclosure Requirements in Canada; Introducing OTCID

April 1, 2025 

Stories Covered: U.S. Corporate Transparency Act; PDAC 2025; ESG in Career Decisions; DEI Strategy; Trade War; 2025 Proxy Season; 2025 ESG Disclosure Study

March 18, 2025 

Stories Covered: Make Impact at Work; AI Washing; DEI; Enhancing Market Transparency; Proxy Solicitation; 2025 Clean200 List; 2025 AGMs & Proxy Season; CSA's Data Portability Study

March 4, 2025 

Stories Covered: ISS Removes DEI Factors for U.S. Boards; Building Cross-Functional Relationships; Guidance on AI Disclosure; Inside IR at Alamos Gold

February 18, 2025 

Stories Covered: IFRS Guide; 2025 Legal Updates; Cybersecurity; Earnings Release Trends; 2025 Global 100 List; Tariff Threats; Securities & Corporate Finance Review and Trends; 2025 Proxy Voting Guidelines

February 4, 2025 

Stories Covered: New Greenwashing Laws; Impact of Trump's Return on IR Teams; Modern Slavery Supply Chain Law; CSSB Standards Released; 2024 Shareholder Activism & 2025 Trends; Proxy Voting Guidelines for AI and Shareholder Meeting Format

January 21, 2025 

Stories Covered: Cybersecurity; Competition Act; Shareholder Activism Trends; Climate-related Disclosure Project; IOSCO's Gem Committee; CSDS 1 and CSDS 2; ISS Proxy Voting Guidelines; CSA's Notice on Use of AI; Tips for Smooth SEDAR+ Filings

January 7, 2025 

Stories Covered: Supply Chains Act; GHG Emissions Goal; EDGAR Filings; A Day in the Life - Denis Jasmin; CSA Guidance on AI; CSA Climate Disclosure Rules; Systemic Risk Survey; Climate Disclosure

December 17, 2024 

Stories Covered: Recent CSA Announcements; Modern Slavery Act; Glass Lewis and ISS 2025 Policy Guidelines; Your Job & AI; Use of AI; Disclosure of Sustainability-related Information

December 3, 2024 

Stories Covered: Disruption of Mail Service; Compliance Mistakes; Anti-Modern Slavery Regime; Continuous Disclosure Reviews; Combating Modern Slavery; Diversity Disclosure; Debt Financing in Private Equity

November 19, 2024 

Stories Covered: AI Ultimatum; AI Toolkit; Women on Boards & in Executive Officer Positions; CFOs Fear Greenwashing Risk; Audit Quality Trends; CSA 2023-2024 Year in Review; Lessons From Responsible Investors; Rebranding the IRO; Shareholders' Fiduciary Duty

November 5, 2024 

Stories Covered: Developments in ESG Disclosure Requirements; CEO Climate Strategies; CEO Acquisition Plans; Corporate Governance of Climate Change Strategy; 2024 Diversity Disclosure Practices

October 22, 2024 

Stories Covered: Strategic IR; ESG & IR; Bonds Between E, S & G; Greenwashing; Diversity Disclosure; ISSB Standards Guide; Investor Advisory Panel; PFAS Reporting Requirements; PwC's Corporate Directors Survey

October 8, 2024

Stories Covered: SEC Rule Amendments; Accelerating Climate-related Targets; ESG Study; AI and Retail Investing; CEOs Using GenAI for Strategic Planning; CFOs Guide AI Strategies and Investments

September 24, 2024

Stories Covered: Securities Regulators Conference; Sustainability and Innovation; CFO Recruitment Trends; ESG Myths & Realities; Investing in AI; Greenwashing

September 10, 2024

Stories Covered: ESG Data Integration; Navigating Sustainability Reporting; CFO Skills; Securities Law Developments; Short Selling

August 27, 2024

Stories Covered: ASC Capital Market Report; Corporate Decision-Making & Sustainability; Greenwashing; AI Spending; CSA Rule & Policy Changes; IASB Illustrative Examples; GRI & TNFD

August 13, 2024

Stories Covered: CSA Exemptions; Do No Harm; CSA Year in Review 2023-24; ESG is Here to Stay; AI & Human Rights; Sustainability Reporting Technology & Tools; ESG a Major Focus; Nature-Related Reporting

July 30, 2024

Stories Covered: Remembering Lorne Gorber; Bill C-59; Measuring ESG; Greenwashing; Climate Reporting Readiness; Canada's Best 50 Companies; Sustainability as a Strategic Imperative

July 16, 2024

Stories Covered: OSC Strategic Plan; ISSB Reporting on Climate & GHG Emissions; AI Benefits; CSA Announcements; Bill C-59; Canada's Forced & Child Labour Legislation; 'Material Change' Definition; Digital Fluency in the C-Suite

July 2, 2024

Stories Covered: Sustainability & Corporate Talent Strategy; ESG Assurance Requirements; Highlights from the CIRI Annual Conference; Cessation of CDOR; Responsible Investing

June 18, 2024

Stories Covered: Rising Activism; IFRS Coverage; Investor Relations Activities; Sustainability; M&A Lessons; SEC Climate Rules; False Sustainability Claims

June 4, 2024

Stories Covered: What's Ahead for ESG; Compensation Linked to Climate Goals; Sustainability Priority for CEOs; CSSB Public Input; AI for IR; ESG and Shareholder Value

May 21, 2024

Stories Covered: Climate Risk Preparation; Supply Chain Transparency Reporting; ISSB's Digital Sustainability Taxonomy; CFO Priorities; BCSC's Investor Relations Disclosure; CSSB Standards; Cyber Attack Liability

May 7, 2024

Stories Covered: Access to Real-time Market Data; KPMG's U.S. CEO Survey; Proxy Notes; ESG; Conference Season Primer

April 23, 2024

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

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