Using the CompanyIQ corporate governance research platform, we analyzed how R3000 companies structure board oversight of ESG initiatives. Among our findings are that there has not been much growth in ESG-specific committees.
With investor interest in the skill level of corporate board leaders on the rise and easy-to-read skills matrices emerging as a best practice, reviewing the current state of these disclosures among leading companies can help establish a baseline for other companies. Improving disclosure of board skills, especially of existential capabilities such as guarding against a…
Using the CompanyIQ® SEC disclosures database, we analyzed how Russell 3000 companies have elected to provide board-level oversight of ESG issues. With data from the latest available annual general meeting (AGM) year, we found that: 64% disclosed board-level ESG oversight. 83% assign oversight to a board committee, rather than the full board. The Nominating &…
This is the fifth year that U.S. publicly traded companies have to disclose median employee pay. With data from the CompanyIQ® database, this report identifies the 25 highest and lowest median employee pay companies in the S&P 500. The dataset is based on the 451 companies that have reported compensation data for the 2021 compensation…
We updated our June 2020 CompanyIQ® report on ethnic/racial diversity among the CEOs who run the largest U.S. public companies and found that not much has changed. Key findings for S&P 500 CEO diversity include: 14% of CEOs are people of color Only 6 CEOs are women of color Only 2% of S&P 500 CEOs…
MyLogIQ is pleased to partner with NACD for a third year on Inside the Public Company Boardroom – 2021. As in the past, this year’s edition presents a snapshot of what public company boards look like in 2021. With data from our CompanyIQ® corporate governance database, this report allows public company boards to benchmark themselves…
NACD Directorship looks at cybersecurity oversight risk among S&P 500 companies. Some of the findings of their review of board leadership on digital practices include: Citrix, FedEx, General Motors, Hasbro, and Walmart make top grades for digital competency. …In short, boardroom leadership on digital governance makes a difference-a big one. …Director competencies are the starting…
A LOOK AT COMBINED CEO-CHAIRS
This NACD Blue Ribbon report–The 2020 Update of the Diverse Board–uses CompanyIQ® corporate governance and diversity data to look at the critical ESG metric of diversity on corporate boards. This report was refreshed in 2020 from the original version published in 2012 with new data and guidance generated from more recent NACD Blue Ribbon Commissions…
ESG IN PROXIES