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

Shareholder representative As You Sow has 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. The report grades 47 of the largest carbon-emitting companies in the U.S. on their use of CEO climate-related pay incentives, and the quality of such incentives. The report found a notable lack of measurable incentives across these companies. A whopping 89% of the assessed companies…

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55 Companies Ranked on Net Zero Emissions Reductions

Shareholder representative As You Sow has released “Road to Zero Emissions: 55 Companies Ranked on Net Zero Progress,” a report ranking companies on their progress in aligning emissions reductions with the 1.5-degree Paris Agreement goal. The report finds a significant number of companies are making progress in measuring and disclosing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and many are setting GHG reduction targets, but the vast majority are not making progress in aligning year-on-year emissions reductions with global 1.5-degree climate goals. Of the 55 companies ranked, only three companies — Microsoft, PepsiCo,…

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