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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.

As You Sow today released its 10th “100 Most Overpaid CEOs” list linking excessive CEO Pay to corporate performance. 

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. 

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.

As You Sow today released its seventh annual The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel? report, focusing on how pension and financial fund managers hold companies accountable for excessive compensation.

As You Sow today released its sixth annual The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel? report, focusing on the nexus between overpaid CEOs of the S&P 500, and the failure of many pension and financial fund managers to hold companies accountable for excessive compensation.

As You Sow released today its “The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel?” report, focusing on the nexus between overpaid CEOs of the S&P 500, and the failure of many pension and mutual funds to hold companies accountable for excessive compensation.