The Pay & Proxy Podcast: DEI Metrics in CEO Compensation: 2024 Disclosure Trends

 

Paul Hodgson

While the 2023 SCOTUS decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard didn't directly implicate corporate DEI programs, it heightened concerns about a growing number of challenges to corporate DEI programs and DEI metrics in compensation plans from employees, investors, and interest groups. Paul Hodgson, Senior Advisor to ESG data analytics firm ESGAUGE and a freelance writer and researcher for ICCR and Ceres, shares data on disclosures of DEI metrics in 2024 proxy statements.

For more on proxy disclosures of DEI metrics, see Paul's further thoughts in this article.

Topics covered:

  1. How DEI metrics are used in compensation programs generally
  2. How 2024 disclosures compared to 2023 disclosures among Russell 3000 companies that use DEI metrics
  3. Examples of companies that made disclosures more precise
  4. Why the 2025 proxy season may show more dramatic changes

As always, involve DEI leadership and employment lawyers in all stages of the process involving DEI metrics, including disclosures.

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