The oversight responsibility of boards and directors has become increasingly complex amid changes to the political, geopolitical, and economic environment that are expanding the board agenda. …Boards should ensure that they are equipped with directors who possess the right experience to face the current and prospective business environment. Data from MyLogIQ reveal how the skill…
Using CompanyIQ corporate governance data for the third year in a row, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) profiles corporate boards in its annual review of public companies. Key findings include: The percentage of board seats occupied by women has slowly but consistently increased over time. This year, women accounted for 41 percent of…
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…
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
Incremental Progress Toward Gender Parity CompanyIQ® ESG data indicates that the gender balance on corporate boards is continuing to improve. Thirty-nine percent of incoming directors were women, while 61 percent of incoming directors were In light of the gender break- down of departing directors—86 percent were men and 14 percent were women—this has made the…
Partnering with NACD, we used the CompanyIQ® corporate governance database to look at non-traditional committees and their directors in the Russell 3000. Percentage of new directors that took seats on traditional committees in 2017-2018 Audit – 38% Compensation – 26% Nominating/Governance – 20%
The Fearless Girl statue, installed by State Street Global Advisors to bring focus to its gender diversity campaign, is rounding out her second year on Wall Street amid a slowly but surely changing business culture. As of July, every boardroom in the S&P 500 had at least one woman in its rank, according to Forbes….
This collection of articles from NACD explores the ways in which the business community sees the status quo changing, embracing difference in order to thrive in the years ahead. In the case of staffing company TrueBlue, a period of major expansion caused the board and the C-suite to seriously consider whether they were composed to…