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On August 1, 2024, ISS Governance (ISS) announced the launch of its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2025 and beyond. For the U.S. market, the survey solicits views on poison pills and executive compensation. In addition, the survey solicits views on global environmental and social topics including climate-related shareholder proposals, disclosure of Scope 3 GHG emissions targets, and shareholder proposals requesting disclosure of workforce diversity metrics.Continue Reading ISS and Glass Lewis Launch Annual Policy Surveys

On November 16, 2023, Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) released its 2024 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines (U.S. Guidelines), effective for shareholder meetings on or after January 1, 2024. The U.S. Guidelines include several key updates, which are summarized below. In addition, Glass Lewis released its 2024 Shareholder Proposals & ESG-Related Issues Benchmark Policy Guidelines (ESG Guidelines), which include an update to Glass Lewis’ overall approach to environmental and social issues, summarized below.

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On November 6, 2023, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) announced the scheduled November 20 opening of its peer group submission window for U.S. and Canadian companies with annual meetings slated to be held between January 15, 2024, and September 30, 2024, and for European companies with meetings anticipated to be…

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