'SAY ON PAY' GETS APPROVAL The CCGG, which represents institutional shareholders, will release the long-awaited wording of the policy today in Calgary, the centre of the oil patch. Not a single energy company has signed up to put the resolution on its ballots. This will be the first year Canadian investors have a chance to indicate whether they are displeased with executives' salaries, bonuses, and other perks. All told, between 25 and 35 companies may adopt the non-binding resolution this year, predicts Stephen Griggs, executive director of the CCGG. "This is really a landmark in governance in Canada," he said in an interview yesterday. "Having a consensus of leading directors in Canada [decid... CCGG releases executive compensation best practices Last month, the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) released the 2009 edition of its "Best Practices in Disclosure of Executive Compensation ... We're not gonna take it The CCGG's 50-odd members, including pension and mutual funds as well as managers of private capital, have about $550 billion under management. ... Merenungkan Iklim Masa Depan konsentrasi karbon dioksida seperti telah disebutkan di atas. Fenomena penurunan suhu yang kita alami belakang ini amat menyimpang dari hasil ramalan/proyeksi model IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Proyeksi IPCC dengan berbagai skenario emisi gas rumah kaca menghasilkan beberapa ramalan adanya peningkatan suhu per seratus tahun pada kisaran antara: +2,4 oC hingga +5,3 oC. Perbedaan antara hasil observasi dan hasil prediksi IPCC ini tentu akan menjadi bahan kajian menarik untuk diselidiki lebih lanjut. Epilog Dalam perenungan ini mungkin ada baiknya kalau kita menyimak pesan dua orang ilmuwan yang menekankan pentingnya be...