Further to this week’s Society Alert, ISS released an updated Governance QualityScore (GQS) adding the following new factors, applicable to the US and certain other markets:
Compensation
· What is the disclosed ratio of the CEO total compensation to total compensation of employees?
· What is the basis of the disclosed ratio of the CEO total compensation to total compensation of employees?
Shareholder Rights
· Does the company allow physical meeting participation?
Information Security
· Does the company disclose the role of the management in overseeing information security risks?
· Does the company disclose the role of the board in overseeing information security risks?
· Does the company have a third-party information security risk management program?
· Does the company leverage a third-party assessment of information security risks?
· What is the Data Protection Officer reporting line?
Companies may verify and submit changes to their data on all GQS factors from November 11 – 22 through the data verification portal.
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