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$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Prominent Asian utilities investors are actively engaging with companies to align executive remuneration with climate progress in their investment portfolios. Despite the welcome progress on climate, investors are calling for more accelerated climate ...

Voting on climate crucial during AGM season: Amundi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... decision to vote against CEO remuneration due to a lack of climate-related KPIs: the firm has voted against executive remuneration-related proposals in 27% (89 out of 332) AGMs of companies in the energy and utilities sectors. It said this was due to ...

CEO pay falls in 2022, but 2023 the next test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... that boards are more sensitive to prevailing economic conditions in 2021 and greater cognisance of how executive remuneration sits in wider investor and stakeholder priorities, a change from previous recent cycles. "Post the financial crisis, very few ...

ASX C-Suite notch up double-digit salary increases: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... according to the Governance Institute of Australia. The Governance Institute has released its annual Board & Executive Remuneration Report in collaboration with McGuirk Management Consultants. The report surveyed 1167 boards from across the public, private ...

Climate Action 100+ ramps up corporate activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... he explained. "It might be drilling from a governance perspective on how climate targets are embedded in executive remuneration and looking at how companies are doing that, the degree to which that incentivises executives to make progress towards achieving ...

Climate change most pressing issue for APAC C-Suite: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... compensation to ESG KPIs and incorporating climate considerations into lobbying/political donations. "Aligning executive remuneration to climate action is an area that's emerging but is still fairly nascent," Symons said. "There are some great examples ...

Hong Kong stock exchange proposes climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Internal carbon price, if relevant, and decision-making How climate-related considerations are factored into executive remuneration policies The consultation period will end on 14 July 2023.

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... planning to get their targets verified," Dai said. There is also limited disclosure on ESG incentives in executive remuneration, with 46% of companies having ESG-linked compensation for senior executives. Nearly two thirds - 64% - have set up a board-level ...

Activist investor launches Santos campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... urgent action. Santos' AGM will be later in May, and the company faces a potential second strike on its executive remuneration report. "Since 2021, Santos has pivoted to a growth strategy, committing to by far the most aggressive upstream capex plan ...

Push for greater ESG alignment in C-Suite pay

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies need to lift their performance in linking executive remuneration to strategic ESG targets, with investors voting against remunerations reports to register their disapproval. Melior Investment Management recently released its 2022 ...