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The Companies Being Lauded for Their ESG Incentive Efforts—Agenda
What distinguishes a leader from a laggard when it comes to ESG and executive pay? Farient’s ESG Leader Brian Bueno explains to Agenda how the key “leaders” in ESG reporting were selected in “The Companies Being Lauded for Their ESG Incentive Efforts.”…
Read More > 02.22.2023
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Tech CEOs Could See Pay Drop This Year—Agenda
The headwinds battering the tech sector are spreading to other industries. High-profile CEOs are taking big pay cuts amid staff layoffs. How will this impact 2023 proxy season? In this Agenda article, Farient’s Marc Hodak offers his view. Read more …
Read More > 01.30.2023
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CEO Wealth Dropped 20% Last Year — Here’s Who Lost the Most—Agenda
With market turmoil over the past year depressing equity values and impacting equity-based CEO pay, boards may consider revisiting compensation plans with an eye on retaining chief executives. Not surprising, shareholders who have also seen a decline in the value of their shares may be inclined to object to any…
Read More > 01.27.2023
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NACD BoardTalk – Leading Directors and Experts Reflect on 2022, Discuss Top Business Trends to Come
2023 has the potential to be an economically turbulent year—and compensation committees need to be prepared for anything. At NACD’s “Leading Minds of Governance” program in December, board members and top governance experts, including Farient’s Dayna Harris, discussed how compensation committees can put the right pay program in place…
Read More > 01.24.2023
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Investors’ resolve to forge ahead with ESG goals deepens for 2023—Pensions & Investments
Increased economic uncertainty and an anti-ESG backlash in 2022 has not led to investors demanding less action on stakeholder issues like climate, diversity, equity and inclusion, and human capital. In this article in Pensions & Investments, Farient’s ESG Leader Brian Bueno, citing data from our recent report…
Read More > 01.11.2023
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Welcome to 2023: ESG & employees still win even in economic uncertainty—Reuters
Even amid economic uncertainty, stakeholder issues remain paramount for businesses. In this Reuters article, which reports five major ESG trends for the year ahead, Farient ESG Leader Brian Bueno is quoted on the rising importance of the “S” in ESG: the emphasis on social issues like worker wellbeing, pay equity…
Read More > 01.04.2023
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More Companies Link Executive Pay to ESG Measures, Survey Finds—Corporate Secretary
The use of stakeholder metrics in executive compensation by companies worldwide increased, according to our report, 2023 Global Trends in Stakeholder Incentives: The Staying Power of ESG. What are the latest trends and how are stakeholder issues being addressed by boards in pay packages? In this interview with Corporate Secretary, Farient’s ESG…
Read More > 01.03.2023
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How to pay executives in the age of stakeholder capitalism – Financial Times
Investor opposition to high executive pay is not just grumbling. This feature from the Financial Times cites Farient research showing that midway through the 2022 proxy season Say-on-Pay votes failing to garner 70% company support had risen to 9.3%, up from just 3.6% in 2015. Looking at current data (accessible…
Read More > 12.15.2022
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IR Magazine: Governance in 2023: Value(s) Added
With a disorienting combination of factors rattling the economy heading into the 2023 proxy season, investors are ramping up scrutiny of executive pay. In this year-end IR Magazine feature, Farient’s ESG Leader Brian Bueno joins other experts to analyze likely issues including the uncertainty of say-on-pay votes, investor pressure to…
Read More > 12.01.2022
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Investors Cry Foul on Emissions Reduction Targets – Agenda
Pressure on boards to verify progress on stated climate goals is—forgive the pun—heating up. Agenda reports that many investors are demanding that boards specify their climate-related performance and explain how executive compensation is aligned with metrics to prove the point. In this article, Farient’s ESG leader, Brian Bueno, provides insight…
Read More > 11.29.2022
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These CEOs Wanted to Be Paid Like Musk. They Failed. – The Information
Elon Musk reaped the benefits of a high-risk, high-reward pay package. Other tech CEOs? Not so much. As the value of tech companies has plummeted, so have the prospects of big awards for hopeful CEOs. In this article, Farient’s Marc Hodak discusses the pay plans aimed at securing the fruits…
Read More > 11.14.2022
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Advisors to SEC: Postpone the PvP Rule, Please – Agenda
In an interview with Agenda, Farient’s Marc Hodak says that despite the SEC trying to limit distortions in the disclosure with the recently passed pay-versus-performance (PVP) rule, there is still a strong likelihood of unintended consequences. Companies subject to SEC regulations are for the 2023 proxy season required to comply…
Read More > 10.07.2022
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