Each year during proxy season, ISS Corporate Solutions (ICS) analyzes recently collected data from Russell 3000 company filings. This year we focused on director support and diversity, executive [...]
Bringing on new board members presents a valuable opportunity for companies to benefit from fresh insights and expertise. In the following analysis, ISS Corporate Solutions examined the directors [...]
The first half of 2023 saw a significant increase in the number of shareholder proposals calling for an independent board chair that went to a vote. Support levels for such proposals increased [...]
Gender diversity on boards and among board leadership positions brings financial and non-financial benefits that go beyond a company’s ESG performance. Canada, like many other countries, has seen [...]
Investors raised their voices at U.S. annual general meetings in the first five months of 2023, with social issues such as diversity, equity and inclusion and a new wave of anti-ESG sentiment [...]
To mark Women’s History Month in March, ISS Corporate Solutions (ICS) examined the latest trends in gender diversity among U.S. public company (Russell 3000) boards and C-suites. We tracked the [...]
Diversity in the board room enables a broader range of perspectives and approaches to the decision-making process. Among numerous discussions on board diversity in the investment community, [...]
In this three-part report, ISS Corporate Solutions advisors analyzed key data, trends, and charts on Executive Compensation, Governance, and Shareholder Proposals.
In this paper, ISS Corporate Solutions examines current trends in climate-related proposals, including the growing number of those advanced by corporate management.
With the 2022 proxy season under way, ISS Corporate Solutions (ICS) has examined a number of key governance factors for selected regional indices to review what happened in the 2021 proxy season.