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Mid-year results for 2024: women in executive officer positions

Among those companies adopting executive officer targets, the most common target adopted was 30% women executive officers, followed by 20%.

Diversity beyond gender: 2024 results for CBCA corporations

The adoption of targets for executive officer diversity based on characteristics beyond gender remains very rare

Best practices: who has achieved gender parity, voluntary disclosure of underrepresented groups and how to increase diversity

Gender parity continues to be an attainable goal, and one which the TSX companies listed in this chapter have reached.

Going above and beyond: best company disclosure

This chapter showcases some of our favourite examples of disclosure over the course of the last year. We hope that these examples will inspire others.

Our methodology

Our methodology Our report analyzes diversity disclosure provided by reporting issuers required under Canadian securities laws to provide...

ESG trends in venture capital: governance matters

In this episode of the podcast, guest host Laura Webb, a partner in the Emerging and High Growth Companies Group at Osler, and Olivia Hornby,...

Corporate Governance for Emerging and High Growth Companies Part 2 – Navigating key changes in your company’s evolution

Chad Bayne, Partner, Founder and Co-Chair of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group and John Valley, a Partner in...

Trends in shareholder activism

In this episode of the podcast, guest host Teresa Tomchak, a partner in the litigation group at Osler, and David Salmon, President of Laurel Hill...

Corporate Governance for Emerging and High Growth Companies: Part 1 – Getting the basics right

Ryan Unruch, partner in Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group and John Valley, a partner in Osler’s leading Corporate Governance...

Public Safety releases guidance and hosts technical briefing on supply chains diligence legislation

On January 1, 2024, Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act came into force, introducing annual reporting...