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Exxon Mobil is taking legal action against activist investors, the UK has relaxed the rules for firms looking to list in London and companies are holding their annual meetings behind closed doors.
For Jen Sisson, the new CEO of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), these developments are all part of a worrying erosion of shareholder rights in multiple jurisdictions around the world.
In this episode of The Responsible Investor Podcast, she talks to RI editor Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker about how and why ICGN is pushing back against this trend, the issues with dual-class shares and virtual AGMs, and why good governance is key to tackling environmental and social issues.
