Buying virtue

Executive Pay
Written By Tom Gosling
20 December 2022

There is unstoppable momentum behind linking pay to ESG targets. That’s not all good news.

You can read the article in LBS Think magazine here.

RELATED CONTENT
Executive pay: trouble ahead?
Executive pay: trouble ahead?

Smart minds and cool heads will be needed to avoid conflict around C-suite remuneration during this year’s AGM season

Buying virtue
Buying virtue

There’s unstoppable momentum behind linking executive pay to ESG targets. That’s not all good news.

False economy?
False economy?

Cut price CEOs can come with hidden costs. Investors should beware.

Canary in the coal mine
Canary in the coal mine

Executive pay practices can signal governance troubles ahead. Investors should take note.

Two steps forward, one step back
Two steps forward, one step back

Despite welcome progress, the latest report from The Purposeful Company shows that pay reform is probably too timid to make much of a difference

Fairness matters. Pay ratios don’t.
Fairness matters. Pay ratios don’t.

The focus should be on how companies treat their employees not on the largely meaningless pay ratio statistic

Keep it simple, stupid
Keep it simple, stupid

Support for simpler executive pay plans is growing - now both companies and investors need to focus on the possibilities not just the risks…

Good CEOs are cheap at twice the price
Good CEOs are cheap at twice the price

Evidence from market reaction to sudden deaths suggests that levels of CEO pay are not as mad as they seem

Academics weigh into the debate on executive pay targets
Academics weigh into the debate on executive pay targets

Academic insight adds a useful dimension to the executive pay debate

How to improve the ISS P4P model
How to improve the ISS P4P model

Shareholding provides the key for linking pay to performance

Tom Gosling
Previous

Executive pay: trouble ahead?
Next

What GFANZ should have said