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2024 Pay For Climate Performance

Linking greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to executive compensation is one important lever by which CEOs can be incentivized to achieve timely and systematic progress on climate. This second edition of the Pay for Climate Performance report analyzes how effectively 100 of the largest U.S. companies by market capitalization, across 11 sectors of the economy, are currently linking GHG emissions reduction incentives to CEO remuneration. These 100 companies collectively represent a market capitalization of $28 trillion.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs

For the past nine years, As You Sow has issued a report identifying the 100 Most Overpaid CEOs among the companies in the S&P 500 index and analyzed the voting practices of large financial managers, mutual funds, and pension funds. For its 10th year, we identify the Overpaid CEOs at annual meetings held between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2023

For the past nine years, As You Sow has issued a report identifying the 100 Most Overpaid CEOs among the companies in the S&P 500 index and analyzed the voting practices of large financial managers, mutual funds, and pension funds.

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Pay For Climate Performance

Linking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets to compensation is one important means by which CEOs can be incentivized to achieve timely and systematic progress on climate. This report is a first step in assessing how effectively companies are currently linking GHG emissions reduction incentives to CEO pay.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2022

This is the eighth year As You Sow has issued this report and a year where COVID-19 influenced voting outcomes. Shareholder opposition to CEO pay packages increased in the year ended June 30, 2021. CEO pay also continued to increase compared to the previous year.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2021

As we publish our 2021 report, CEO pay is receiving intense political focus. When company performance is considered, the most overpaid CEOs are disproportionately overpaid.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2020: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel?

As we publish our 2020 report, CEO pay is receiving intense political focus. When company performance is considered, the most overpaid CEOs are disproportionately overpaid.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2019: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel?

This 2019 study is the fifth report of our research results. During these five years, what has changed? Quite a bit, and not enough. Significantly, more large shareholders are voting against more CEO pay packages. Those who are not are more isolated and defensive.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2018: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel?

The fourth report in the series, The 100 Most Overpaid CEO: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel? highlights the fund managers who continue to approve these pay packages at staggering rates (many funds approve nearly 100% of the pay packages they vote on), and contrasts them with those who take a stance against excessive pay with their votes.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2017: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel?

The third report in the series, The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel? highlights the forces behind disproportionate pay and the fund managers who continue to approve these pay packages.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2016: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel?

CEO pay grew an astounding 997% the past 36 years, vastly outpacing growth in the cost of living, the productivity of the economy, and the stock market.

The second report in the series, The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel? highlights the forces behind disproportionate pay and the fund managers who continue to approve these pay packages.

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2015

CEO pay has grown nearly 1,000% over the past four decades, far exceeding growth in median worker pay or company share prices. Our new report, The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Executive Compensation at S&P 500 Companies, highlights the 100 most overpaid CEOs and examines the forces behind the trend of ever-increasing CEO pay.

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