Tag: Executive pay
Paying for sustainable performance
How do you align ESG and value? Linking incentives to ESG targets needs focus, empowerment and co-ordination, recent research finds.
Half of corporate leaders reject pay as a main driver for ESG
Pay and incentives are ‘just one part’ of creating the right culture to boost ESG performance, survey finds.
AGMs 2022: a focus on logistics, ESG and executive pay
A report from EQ forecasts the big topics in this season’s AGMs, and underlines the need to get out of reaction mode.
News round-up: this week in governance
Some reporting requires improvement; Wall Street votes on ESG; CEO pay “remains major concern”; and why the PM should stick to Peppa Pig.
Executive pay—buying virtue
There is unstoppable momentum behind linking executive pay to ESG targets. That’s not all good news.
South Africa is tightening its rules around executive pay, but gaps remain
South Africa has the highest wage inequality in the world, and there is growing interest in remuneration governance and director pay.
Europe sees 18% increase in shareholder revolts on executive pay
Spain saw the greatest opposition to remuneration-related resolutions, with 60.6% contested—an increase of 33.2% year on year.
Executive remuneration models ‘do not describe how pay is actually set’
Researchers have interviewed non-executive directors and investors to highlight the hidden factors involved in CEO pay decisions.
UK and EU companies lead the US on ESG targets in pay deals
Study reveals 95% of UK and EU firms include ESG metrics in executive compensation plans, compared with 22% of US corporates.
Taming the tiger: how investors are tackling inflation in executive pay
Solutions to market failures usually involve government action. But on the issue of CEO earnings, investors are taking the tiger by its tail.