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A New Year Predicated on CEO Transitions
Like families, all companies are different. Those helmed by entrepreneurial founders, legacy executives, or rogue CEOs—some of whom may have controlling stakes in their companies—are the outliers. For most large-company public company boards, leadership transitions take place in an orderly fashion. At least that is how they appear in their…
Read More > 01.16.2024
Briefs
RIP Compensation Committees?
In a different era, public company boards of directors typically had three standing committees: audit, nominating and governance, and compensation. Today, however, amid the growing complexity of business and changing expectations and rules governing corporations, boards are electing to alter their committee structures to keep pace with their increasing oversight…
Read More > 01.16.2024
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Farient Briefings: A Look Back at Comp Committees’ Greatest Challenges
A Look Back at Comp Committees’ Greatest Challenges What a year it has been. Our world was beset by unthinkable humanitarian crises and wars likely to alter social, personal, and political proclivities for generations to come. It was a good year to refresh our thinking on all aspects of…
Read More > 12.12.2023
Briefs
A Look Back at Compensation Committees’ Greatest Challenges
What a year it has been. Our world was beset by unthinkable humanitarian crises and wars likely to alter social, personal, and political proclivities for generations to come. It was a good year to refresh our thinking on all aspects of leadership beginning perhaps with Walter Bennis and Burt Nanus’s…
Read More > 12.12.2023
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Farient Briefings: Growth in ESG-Linked Comp Seen in Upcoming Research
Growth in ESG-Linked Comp Seen in Upcoming Research Are environmental, social, and governance initiatives alive or dead? This question will undoubtedly continue to fuel debates. Recent articles and research suggest that the backlash against any corporate program perceived as “woke”—from climate change to diversity, equity, and inclusion under the…
Read More > 11.27.2023
ESG Spotlights
Dow Inc. ESG Tracker Spotlight
ESG Tracker Spotlight | Dow Inc. In a sign of the times, Farient’s ESG Tracker™ shows that Dow Inc. has replaced “ESG Metrics” with “Ambition Metrics” in its short-term incentive plan. *Data provided by ESGUAGE About Farient Advisors Farient Advisors…
Read More > 11.27.2023
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What’s next for ESG investing?–Pensions & Investments
Transparency and proof of materiality remain ongoing challenges to corporate sustainability initiatives. In this Pensions & Investments article on how investor ESG concerns show up in practice, Farient’s ESG Leader, Brian Bueno, discusses how companies are increasingly factoring it into executive pay decisions. And the investor demand for linkage will…
Read More > 11.15.2023
ESG Spotlights
HanesBrands ESG Tracker Spotlight
ESG Tracker Spotlight | HanesBrands A first for this small-cap company: Best known for its intimate and athletic apparel, HanesBrands adopted ESG incentive measures in 2022. How’d it fare? See our ESG Spotlight below pulled from our ESG Tracker. *Data provided by ESGUAGE…
Read More > 11.10.2023
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Farient Briefings: A New Framework for Evaluating Executive Talent Risk
A New Framework for Evaluating Executive Talent Risk In the war for executive talent—and the specter of a “collision course” between compensation and good governance—corporate boards need to rethink how they manage and assess risks in talent retention and vulnerability, and its costly opposite, turnover. Robin A. Ferracone details…
Read More > 11.06.2023
In the News
New ISS Updates Focus on Comp, Individual Board Members—Agenda
More scrutiny on pay packages for non-CEO executives: ISS last week unveiled changes to its scoring system—Governance QualityScore—used to assess companies for institutional investor clients. What are the implications for boards as they contemplate executive compensation decisions? In this Agenda article, Farient ESG Leader (and a former ISS vice president)…
Read More > 11.03.2023
In the News
Boards See C-Suite Departures on the Horizon: Survey—Agenda
New research from Farient and Corporate Board Member titled “Turnover at the Top” highlighted persistent concerns among boards of the growing number of C-suite departures and that corporate culture has emerged as a key reason for departure and lever for retention of top talent. This article in Agenda discusses the…
Read More > 10.30.2023
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Farient Briefings: Our New Research Shows Rising Talent Risk
Reaction is Costly: Our New Research Shows Rising Talent Risk Talent vulnerability can derail retention and succession planning. A new study from Farient Advisors and Corporate Board Member reveals a potentially daunting challenge for corporate boards: an upsurge in executive turnover. More than half of public company directors surveyed are planning…
Read More > 10.23.2023
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