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The OECD Guidelines for Pension Fund Governance were released on July 7, 2009.

The document describes the fundamental requirements of pension fund governance, with an emphasis on risk management.

Not so long ago, holders of shares in U.S. and Canadian companies dropped their proxy ballots into a black hole. Companies in both countries were…

The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) recently published the first ever trade union “checklist”* on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The checklist, which is designed to be applied to…

Athabasca University, Canada’s Open and Distance University, is developing a course in consultation with SHARE, that should be of interest to all those who serve as pension representatives or give guidance…

‘Say on pay’ looks set to be the big story for the 2009 Canadian proxy season. This year, for the first time shareholders have given majority support to proposals asking that they have an annual say in how the…

This spring, investors have the opportunity to ensure that their investments are supporting democracy in Burma. Foreign companies operating in Burma provide…

Canadian extractive companies are no strangers to controversy. Talisman Energy suffered investor ire for its investments in Sudan, and the company has more recently ventured into contentious territory with projects…

In Norway, 40% of the directors on public company boards are women. This is the case because it is now required under Norweigan law. In 2002 when the target was initially set, women comprised just 7% of the director population.

There are a total of 91 shareholder proposals in SHARE’s Shareholder Resolution Database so far for 2009. This is in sharp contrast to the 127 shareholder proposals SHARE was tracking at this time last year.

In December 2008, LEAD Canada Inc. became the first North American organization certified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to provide courses on the GRI’s sustainable reporting framework in Canada.