Oil giant ExxonMobilXOM is wading into a heated battle over climate change and corporate governance. ExxonMobil is suing two sustainable investment firms (Arjuna Capital and Follow This) in an attempt to block a shareholder proposal from going to a vote at their annual...

It seems we are in the cycle of a significant amount of shareholder activism. There is an increased phenomenon of multiple activist companies coming together to pursue large cap public companies. This is now being characterized as an “activism swarm”.

Nasdaq SVP Karen Snow spoke with Betsy Atkins, serial entrepreneur, three-time CEO and founder of Baja Corporation, to discuss emerging governance trends in the boardroom including term limits, ESG and evolving activism behavior. Below is a transcript of the conversation, which has...