The two biggest and most influential proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, recently released policy updates for 2021. In addition, ISS published “U.S. Compensation Policies and the COVID-19 Pandemic — Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) to help companies impacted by the pandemic consider and disclose pay actions.

Reflecting two of the major current issues in America this year, ISS and Glass Lewis guidance concentrate on COVID-19’s impact on executive pay decisions, and racial and gender diversity on boards. The ISS and Glass Lewis guidance for COVID-19 pay actions will help companies navigate in the immediate, while diversity-related policy updates — in conjunction with directives from major institutional investors — will drive change in American boardrooms in the years to come. READ MORE