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As Companies Link CEO Pay to Climate Goals, Most Pay Plans Fail to Drive Necessary Emissions Reduction

Shareholder representative As You Sow today released its 2024 “Pay for Climate Performance: Linking CEO Compensation to Emissions Reduction” report, grading 100 of the largest U.S. companies on their CEO climate-related pay incentives and their ability to drive greenhouse gas emission reductions. The report finds that while pay incentives can be powerful motivators, they need to be quantifiable, significant, and linked to robust climate goals.

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UAW Strike Highlights CEO-to-Worker Pay Disparity, a Major Risk to Companies and Shareholders

United Autoworkers of America (UAW) last night announced plans for targeted, stand-up strikes in three states against Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler after negotiations fell through. Shrinking the widening gap between CEO pay and workers' pay in years marked by record-breaking profits has been central to UAW’s demands. 

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47 Largest Carbon-Emitting Companies Fail to Incentivize CEO Pay Based on Climate Performance

Shareholder representative As You Sow today released “Pay for Climate Performance: Linking CEO Compensation to Emissions Reduction” report finding that, while many companies say they link CEO pay to climate reduction goals, such incentives generally lack meaningful metrics or sufficient compensation to incentivize climate progress.

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100 Most Overpaid CEOs Report Shows Fund Managers Reluctant to Vote Against Exorbitant CEO Pay Packages

Today’s release of The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel? from shareholder advocacy group As You Sow revealed that the largest fund managers displayed a strong reluctance to vote against exorbitant executive compensation packages. With a growing number of Americans concerned about wealth inequality, fund managers Blackrock and Vanguard have both been speaking out against high pay packages, but have not often used the power of their proxy cast votes against them.

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