E&S Metrics in Executive Compensation: What Do Investors Really Care About?

Investor pressure is increasing for boards to clearly integrate ESG metrics into executive incentive programs, and a growing number of companies are looking to improve their ESG scores with rating agencies and build out more robust ESG programs. This blog article provides a checklist of simple questions that will help you to understand the factors that ESG rating providers (e.g. the MSCI ESG Rating, S&P Global ESG Scores, etc.) consider when evaluating executive compensation.