The Conference Board, ESGAUGE – Wednesday, April 24, 2019
The study by The Conference Board in partnership with ESG data-mining firm ESGAUGE, documents corporate governance trends and developments at 2,854 companies registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that filed their proxy statement in the January 1 to November 1, 2018 period and, as of January 2018, were included in the Russell 3000 Index. The findings provide some important context to the current debate on gender diversity and board refreshment, underscoring the main reasons why progress remains slow. The study was developed with the support of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance (successor of the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi)), Debevoise & Plimpton and Russell Reynolds Associates.