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Agenda – Director Support Drops After So-So Say-on-Pay Votes
Investors who repeatedly express dissatisfaction over pay-for-performance alignment are beginning to vote against directors, according to this article in Agenda which cites Farient data and Eric Hoffmann, who leads the Farient Information Services and the Data Analytics Team (DAT). The likelihood of investors turning against directors increases dramatically after…
Read More > 06.28.2022
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Financial Times – U.S. investors rebel against high executive pay
Financial Times – U.S. investors rebel against high executive pay This year’s proxy season has seen a significant decline in support for compensation packages in Say on Pay votes, highlighting U.S. investors’ dissatisfaction with record high executive pay in the U.S. This Financial Times article”U.S. investors rebel against high…
Read More > 06.06.2022
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S&P Global – Why Voluntary CEO Pay Cuts, While Largely Symbolic, Matter in ESG Context
CEOs and management teams at dozens of companies around the world are taking voluntary pay cuts as their companies lay off workers to cope with the revenue hit from the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More > 06.03.2022
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Bloomberg – Amazon Shareholders Narrowly Approve Pay Plans for Executives
In spite of being urged to vote “no” on CEO Andy Jassy’s pay package, Amazon’s shareholders narrowly approved it in a Say on Pay vote for their new pay plans. In this Bloomberg article, data from the Farient Advisors Say on Pay Tracker™ is cited to help put…
Read More > 05.31.2022
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Agenda – How Companies Worldwide Are Tying ESG to Pay
Companies around the world are increasingly tying executive compensation to environmental, social and governance goals, a trend documented by the latest Farient/Global Governance and Executive Compensation (GECN) Group research, “2022 and Beyond: Global Trends in Stakeholder Incentives.” In this interview with Agenda, Farient’s ESG Leader, Brian…
Read More > 05.25.2022
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Agenda – Climate Disclosure May Encourage Executive Pay Tied to ESG
The recent Securities and Exchange Commission proposal requiring companies to make climate disclosure in official filings may impact boards’ decision-making regarding tying executive pay to environmental, social and governance metrics, according to some compensation experts. Many companies in the U.S. and Europe are already linking greenhouse gas emissions reductions to…
Read More > 04.29.2022
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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
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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
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Agenda – Not a Blip – Investors Continue to Downvote Pay Plans
Early say-on-pay votes for this year show investors are continuing to be critical of executive compensation packages at S&P 500 companies. Investors want companies to engage with them and consider their concerns about pay and performance alignment, said experts. In the first two months of the year, about a quarter…
Read More > 03.14.2022
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WSJ – Tech Giants Turn to a Classic Recruitment Tool: Cash
After years of enticing employees with large stock awards and surging share prices, some tech companies are deploying a time-tested tool: cash. Employers’ recent changes to compensation have been fueled by a desire to blunt attrition during a period of labor market upheaval caused by employees re-evaluating their careers after…
Read More > 02.28.2022
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Financial Times – US Companies Add ESG Targets to Executive Bonuses
Kevin Johnson, Starbucks’s chief executive, earned a slice of his 2021 bonus by slashing plastic straws and methane emissions – an example of a trend by US companies to add environmental and social (ESG) targets to bonus packages. Starbucks joined Apple and Disney in adding new and environmental and workplace…
Read More > 02.21.2022
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Investors Ire Lingers Over Covid-Related Exec Pay Bumps – Agenda
Investors Ire Lingers Over Covid-Related Exec Pay Bumps. The Covid-19 pandemic has had lasting impacts across all industries, and its disruption has brought new attention to executive compensation. Investors are assessing whether companies that got pushback on say on pay in 2021 have adjusted the compensation for top bosses this…
Read More > 01.31.2022
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