The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently released a preliminary list of 4,160 U.S. companies that must comply with the state’s sweeping new climate disclosure laws, SB 253 and SB 261. Using MyLogIQ’s CompanyIQ® SEC disclosure research tool, we’ve analyzed the impact and implications of these mandates. The Scope of California’s Climate Rules SB 253…
Compensation committees at S&P 500 companies are increasingly tying annual bonuses to measures beyond financial performance. The inclusion of environmental, social and governance goals in short-term incentive plans has increased fourfold since 2019, according to data collected from proxy statements. Experts say these nonfinancial metrics can serve as useful motivators as companies aim toward specific…
This year investors are emphasizing climate risk as part of their push to get companies to address global warming, while treading more carefully around issues related to pay linked to sustainability goals, according to market watcher. …This year so far, investors have filed 19 climate change-related resolutions that mention climate risk at S&P 500 companies…
In this opinion piece for Accounting Today, Ron Kral of Kral Ussery uses CompanyIQ comment letter data to suggest that companies need to be ready for ESG disclosures. Below is an excerpt. While the environmental, social and governance arena may soon see a seismic shift in disclosure requirements, there has been no shortage of regulatory…
This updated report provides a roadmap for improving environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures related to environment and climate change risks and opportunities. This guidance is based on an analysis of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comment letters that were sent to 10-K and 20-F annual report filers from July 2021 to January 2023. While…
Shareholder proposals aimed at labor-related issues have more than tripled over the last year, bringing with them additional risks for boards and companies. The growing spotlight on labor could bring battles that unfold on proxies or in court — and a recent Delaware Chancery Court case could further the trend. In 2022, shareholders across all…
Using data from the MyLogIQ CompanyIQ SEC Comment Letters research platform, MyLogIQ and CFGI analyzed SEC staff comment letters to public companies over the past 18 months. We found that within their ESG-related review, there were 11 climate-related themes that they focused on for 10-K and 20-F annual reports. This joint report identifies the frequency…
Using the CompanyIQ executive compensation research platform, we analyzed the use of ESG metrics in named executive officers (NEOs) short-term and long-term incentive pay among S&P 500 companies.
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…