Using our CompanyIQ® corporate governance database, we analyzed the DEF 14A proxy disclosures of S&P 500 companies to identify how they are managing cybersecurity risk. With the SEC’s proposed rules for enhanced cybersecurity management disclosures in the public comment period until May 9, 2022, the data in our report may help benchmark best practices.
Our latest report uses data from our CompanyIQ® SEC Comment Letters database to review climate-related SEC Comment Letters to S&P 500 companies over the last 90 days. 1/3 of S&P 500 Comment Letters in the Last 90 Days Relate to Climate Disclosures One-third of S&P 500 Comment Letters released over the past 90 days (12/4/21-3/4/22)…
State Street Global Advisors’ (SSGA) CEO Cyrus Taraporevala is ramping up expectations for companies to boost disclosures and update strategies on board and employee diversity as well as climate change this year. Taraporevala’s letter to board members on the firm’s 2022 proxy voting agenda, released this month, warns that the firm will vote against directors…
For years, the debate over whether companies pay wages high enough to keep workers above the poverty levels has grown louder and louder. The fruits debate of this includes increases in minimum wages in many states. Additionally, companies like Amazon.com and Walmart have bumped up their lowest hourly pay in an attempt to address the…
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…
Boards often devote plenty of time to succession planning and the compensation aspects of the CEO position, but a key piece involves the second in command. Even if the new CEO pick is the right choice, changes at the top can destabilize the C-suite, particularly if the CFO isn’t meshing with the CEO or feels…
A year that included both a market recession and a rebound, 2020 saw equity compensation for named executive officers increase by 3.7% at companies in the S&P 500, according to data from public company intelligence provider MyLogIQ. While median equity comp was up for executives in 2020, financial performance was not. At S&P 500 companies, the…
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…
The calls to diversify board leadership are justified for many reasons. First, it’s about time corporate leadership started looking like the rest of the employee base and the customers they serve. Second, diverse leadership can have a positive, cascading effect on inclusion and company culture. It has also proven to lead to better decision-making and more profitability. The…
A LOOK AT COMBINED CEO-CHAIRS