Resource Library Reports

Given growing stakeholder focus on Human Capital Management (HCM), we sought to understand how companies would approach the HCM disclosure within proxy statements this year. Our study of a sample of proxies filed in December 2020 and January 2021 offers an early proxy season preview of HCM disclosure practices.

Over the fall of 2020, we collected data on ESG & incentives from the Fortune 200. We excerpted from that data a subset of companies that have included a Diversity and Inclusion metric in their incentive designs.

From March 1, 2020 to February 13, 2021, 270 Russell 3000 companies announced structural changes to their in-flight and/ or go-forward incentive plans

This final report for 2020 points towards design considerations for companies considering integrating more stakeholder metrics in the future.

This week’s report highlights companies with non-calendar fiscal year-end dates between 3/31 and 6/30 that disclosed actions in relation to COVID-19, and the response from shareholders and proxy advisors thus far.

Since early March, Semler Brossy has been tracking Russell 3000 executive and director pay actions announced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The rapid global spread of COVID-19 has had incalculable impacts on society, taking both a serious economic and human toll. Many companies are faced with balancing competing responsibilities to various stakeholders.

Support Is Almost Identical to 2018 YTD Results; director election support continues to decline from prior year levels

Two of the predictions our team made at the beginning of the 2018 proxy season proved correct, while two turned out incorrect.

2,357 Russell 3000 companies held Say on Pay votes in 2017 and the average Say on Pay support in 2017 (91.7%) was the highest observed rate since voting began.

2,118 Russell 3000 companies held Say on Pay votes in 2016, and 92% of companies passed with above 70% support.

This report provides the full year of 2015 Say on Pay vote results, covering more than 2,100 Russell 3000 companies that held votes in calendar year 2015.