“ESG Board Oversight Considerations: What Board Committee(s) Should Oversee ESG in the Current Environment?” from Bass Berry & Sims addresses considerations relevant to structuring the board’s oversight of ESG issues and current board oversight structure practices and trends. The memo also suggests “best practice” documentation and disclosure tips to ensure that the board’s oversight structure is properly reflected in the company’s governance documents and consistently described across the company’s various disclosure channels.
See our recent reports: “Proxy Season Takeaways: ESG Oversight Disclosure” and “Board Committee Name Changes” and additional resources on our Sustainability page - Board Oversight. This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!