On July 24, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced the launch of its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2026 and beyond. For the U.S. market, the survey solicits views on shareholder proposals, shareholder rights, board diversity and DEI, and non-executive director pay. Across all markets, the survey solicits views on multi-class capital structures, director overboarding, AI governance and risk management, and time-based versus performance-based long term executive incentives.Continue Reading ISS Launches Annual Benchmark Policy Survey
ISS and Glass Lewis Publish 2025 Updates
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Our recent Client Alert discusses ISS and Glass Lewis voting policy updates for the 2025 proxy season. ISS made updates to the section on management say-on-pay and executive pay evaluation in its U.S. Executive Compensation Policies FAQs and made updates to its voting guidelines relating to environmental and/or community impact…
Continue Reading ISS and Glass Lewis Publish 2025 UpdatesISS Peer Group Submission Window Opens November 11
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On November 4, 2024, ISS Governance (ISS) announced the scheduled November 11, 2024, opening of its peer group submission window for U.S. and Canadian corporations with annual meetings slated to be held between February 1, 2025, and September 15, 2025, and for European corporations with meetings slated to be held…
Continue Reading ISS Peer Group Submission Window Opens November 11ISS and Glass Lewis Launch Annual Policy Surveys
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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
ISS Releases 2024 Benchmark Policy Updates
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On December 19, 2023, ISS Governance announced updates to its 2024 benchmark proxy voting policies. The full text of the updated benchmark policies for 2024 should be available later this month and will generally apply to shareholder meetings held on or after February 1, 2024.
ISS Peer Group Submission Window Opens November 20; Glass Lewis Peer Group Submission Window Already Open
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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…
Continue Reading ISS Peer Group Submission Window Opens November 20; Glass Lewis Peer Group Submission Window Already OpenISS Launches Annual Benchmark Policy Survey
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On August 29, 2023, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced the launch of its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2024 and beyond.Continue Reading ISS Launches Annual Benchmark Policy Survey