How to Make Climate Progress: Tie It to CEO Pay

As You Sow recommends that companies aim to make at least 5% of the total “performance shares” in their CEO’s long-term incentive plan relate to climate goals. Performance shares are an incentive-based form of stock compensation paid to executives for meeting certain benchmarks. “It can’t be so small in comparison to other payouts that it would not incentivize action,” says Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel of As You Sow. Read More →

Energy & ClimateAs You SowApril 17, 2024Danielle Fugere, pay for climate, Pay For Climate

US' 47 Largest Carbon-Emitters Fail to Incentivize CEO Pay Based on Climate Performance

Shareholder advocacy organization As You Sow (AYS) has released a report finding that, while more and more companies say they link CEO pay to climate-change-mitigation and emissions-reduction goals, such incentives generally lack meaningful metrics or sufficient compensation to incentivize climate progress. Read More →

CEO PayAs You SowOctober 3, 2022Rosanna Landis Weaver, David Shugar, Melissa Walton, pay for climate