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Execs face shareholder backlash over pay: Georgeson

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... opposition between 20% and 24.99%. "Remuneration strikes do not always solely reflect shareholder unhappiness with executive pay: they may also reflect dissatisfaction with a company's governance, culture, conduct or financial performance," Paul Murphy ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... the workforce - people are choosing roles based on 'interesting' and 'meaningful' work. Meanwhile, executive pay is increasingly tied to ESG goals, with 43% of companies now linking executive KPIs to ESG outcomes, up from 40% last year. ...

Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... the ASX300 companies that held their AGMs between March and June this year, found that shareholder strikes against executive pay had already exceeded 2023 figures, with three more months to go. At their AGMs, Sigma Healthcare, Latin Resources, Syrah ...

AXA IM releases engagement data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... has a "Three strikes and you're out" policy on climate. Corporate governance was the second most targeted theme (executive pay, board composition, and shareholder rights); 38% of climate-related engagements also addressed corporate governance issues ...

Proxy voting targets DEI and pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... governance-related controversies, including bribery, corruption and fraud, according to MSCI. Paulson also said executive pay is in the firing line for proxy voting. According to the Economic Policy Institute, CEOs are now paid 344 times as much as workers. ...

Deutsche Bank links 33% of long-term bonuses to non-financial targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... prior past performance approach. The bank first announced it would integrate sustainable finance components into executive pay in 2020. Executive pay will be set against targets such as the amount of sustainable financing and ESG investments, the reduction ...

Norway's oil fund updates climate demands

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... measure the delivery of their climate transition plan, disclose annual progress on net zero strategy and show how executive pay aligns with interim target delivery and transition plans. The fund will develop further direction on good practice. "With ...

Chinese listed companies that invest in ESG show higher quality financial reporting: Study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... waste and pollution, deforestation, and resource depletion." "Factors that determine the quality of governance are executive pay, corruption, board composition, board diversity, board structure, political affiliations and tax strategies." The study found ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Barclays says that through the cohort, "there is clearly room for improvement on target refinement, capital alignment, executive pay linkage and clarity of carbon strategy. Our screening suggests those in the energy, steel and power sectors are ahead ...

ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Investors (ACSI). In the first year of the pandemic, Australian boards responded to market turmoil and reduced chief executive pay outcomes. However, latest data shows bonuses paid were the highest they've been in seven years thereafter. Research ...