ISS and Glass Lewis have now finalized their 2026 U.S. proxy voting policy updates, applicable to meetings held on or after February 1, 2026 (ISS) and the 2026 proxy season more broadly (Glass Lewis). While the headline frameworks remain largely intact, both firms introduced targeted refinements that increase the importance of governance discipline, compensation design clarity, and proactive disclosure.

We are pleased to share Laurel Hill’s 8th annual Trends in Corporate Governance report. The report is Canada’s most comprehensive and longest-running annual guide to the trends, risks and challenges affecting the Canadian corporate governance landscape. The report focuses on shareholder activism, shareholder proposals, environmental, social and governance (ESG), executive compensation, diversity, and several other related governance areas Click here to download your copy.

On December 7, 2021 ISS released updates to its 2022 ISS benchmark proxy voting policies. The updated policies will generally be applied for shareholder meetings taking place on or after February 1, 2022, except for certain policies that are being announced now with a one-year transition period and which will become effective in 2023.

On November 16, 2021 Glass Lewis released its annual policy updates for the upcoming proxy year. Below is a summary of these changes as they apply directly to the Canadian market.

The Laurel Hill Advisory Group is pleased to share Laurel Hill's 7th annual Trends in Corporate Governance report, Canada’s most comprehensive and longest-running annual guide to the trends, risks and challenges affecting the Canadian corporate governance landscape.

Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) recently published the results of its Annual Global Policy Survey. The annual survey provides feedback from various constituents to ISS on areas of potential policy change for 2022 and beyond.