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Reuters – Analysis: Elon Musk deals Twitter a wild card as shareholders seek reforms
(Reuters) – Elon Musk, Twitter’s newest big shareholder, could alter the course of the social media company as management battles a set of proxy proposals focused on topics from civil rights to politics at its upcoming annual meeting, shareholder activists and corporate governance experts said. Whatever the outcome of Musk’s…
Read More > 04.25.2022
Briefs
Distilling The SEC’s Landmark Climate Disclosure Proposal
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued its much-anticipated proposed climate disclosure rules that would require public companies in financial statements to report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, exposure to climate risks, and climate-related metrics. The new rules are a significant step forward in standardizing public disclosures on environmental measures.
Read More > 04.13.2022
ESG Spotlights
Five-Year ESG LTI Award Tied to Performance Goals
Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL) is a leading global water technology company with 2021 revenue of $5.2 billion and some 17,300 employees worldwide. Xylem designs, manufactures, and services highly engineered products and solutions across a wide variety of critical applications, primarily in the water sector and also in energy. In its…
Read More > 04.11.2022
ESG Spotlights
2022 Farient Global Research Shows Different Measures of Stakeholder Value
Resources are dwindling. From the inadvertent to the deliberate exploitation of climate, people, and the law, business globally is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Around the world, investors are pressuring boards and management for greater accountability. Meanwhile, other stakeholders, including employees and the communities in which businesses operate, are demanding that…
Read More > 03.31.2022
ESG Spotlights
New Modifier Fits the ESG Bill
Though Aflac has had a board sustainability committee since 2012, the insurer had not tied sustainability goals to its compensation plan until 2021 and, specifically, not until after shareholders expressed their desire to have ESG goals tied to business strategy and compensation. In 2021, Aflac introduced an ESG modifier…
Read More > 03.31.2022
ESG Spotlights
Path to a Sustainable Future Detailed
Dow continues to raise the bar on sustainability and environmental goals since it published its first Sustainability Report in 2003. In 2020, Dow built on its 2025 sustainability goals by announcing its intent to be carbon neutral by 2050 and requiring 100% of Dow products sold into packaging applications…
Read More > 03.30.2022
ESG Spotlights
Environmental Metrics Enhance 2022 Short-term Incentive Plan
NRG Energy’s 2021 annual incentive plan (AIP) was designed to compensate its named executive officers (NEOs) for meeting annual individual and company financial and non-financial goals. In terms of ESG-based metrics, 10% of the AIP award was tied to its “customer focus index,” which measures the satisfaction of its…
Read More > 03.30.2022
ESG Spotlights
Shopping Center REIT Introduces ESG Scorecard with Few Specifics
Regency Centers Corp. (NASDAQ:REG) is one of the largest developers and operators of upscale open-air shopping centers with grocery stores as anchor tenants in the United States. As of the end of 2021, the real estate investment trust (REIT) owned 405 properties comprising 51.2 million square…
Read More > 03.30.2022
In the News
Farient Advisors Announces Appointment of Brian Bueno as ESG Leader
Farient Advisors (Farient), a leading independent executive compensation, performance and corporate governance consultancy, today announced the appointment of Brian Bueno as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Leader. This appointment comes as investors increasingly push boards to incorporate ESG metrics and goals into executive pay plans, as new research from…
Read More > 03.29.2022
Newsletters
Newsletter: New Global Research Shows Different Paths to Stakeholder Value
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Read More > 03.27.2022
Briefs
Interview—From Best to Worst: ‘Madam Chair’ CEO Alicia Syrett and Farient CEO Robin Ferracone Talk Comp Committee Landscape
In the following interview, I dialogue with esteemed investor and experienced public company board chair Alicia Syrett. She is the CEO of the early-stage investment vehicle Pantegrion Capital (its name is a combination of passion and integrity). She is also the founder of Madam Chair, a…
Read More > 03.23.2022
ESG Spotlights
ESG Measures Added to CEO Short and Long-term Pay Plans
As part of his 2020 individual performance assessment, Starbucks’ CEO Kevin Johnson was rewarded for “shaping and clarifying Starbucks long-term strategy as it relates to environmental, social, and corporate governance goals by elevating our ‘social impact agenda’ to a new model.” The results of that work were clearly on…
Read More > 03.22.2022
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