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Daily Brief ESG: Both Statutory Nomination Committee and BODs Chaired by Outside Directors Are in the 2% Range and more

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  • Both Statutory Nomination Committee and BODs Chaired by Outside Directors Are in the 2% Range


Both Statutory Nomination Committee and BODs Chaired by Outside Directors Are in the 2% Range

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Since the number of companies transitioning to US Type 3 Committees isn’t increasing, a perverse debate has begun on weakening the authority of nomination committees in US Type 3 Committees.
  • Despite calls from investors to appoint outside directors as chairpersons of BODs to stimulate discussion and strengthen supervisory functions by separating supervision from execution, these calls have been ignored.
  • If the board of directors simply approves plans created by each business division based on their budgets, then it is not involved in important company decisions.

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