Webinar: Roadmap for Overcoming Unbalanced Short-Termism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFivYisRFq8

The panelist of presenters in this webinar examined how evolving corporate law could help resolve the current challenges that short-termism presents for both companies and investors.

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Topics Discussed:

• Implications of the Business Roundtable Statement on Purpose of the Corporation

• Evolution of Delaware corporate law regarding ESG and company compliance functions under the Caremark line of cases

• The relationship between ESG factors and how companies make money

• Research on performance results of managing companies to a long-term strategic plan

• Behavioral dynamics that influence the effectiveness of communications between investors and companies

• An investor roadmap for driving culture change in boardrooms to improve long-term performance

• The continuum of investor strategies for overcoming current regulatory roadblocks to engaging companies on ESG risks and opportunities

• Conflicts between short-term interests of fiduciary agents in the investor service provider chain and the long-term financial interests of a fund’s beneficiaries

About Our Speakers:

The Honorable Leo E. Strine, Jr., - Counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and previously Delaware’s Chief Justice

Keith Johnson - Shareholder at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren

Ken McNeil - Partner at Susman Godfrey L.L.P.

Tiffany Reeves - Shareholder at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren

Alison Taylor - Executive Director of Ethical Systems, NYU Stern School of Business

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