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It all started as a lockdown project back in 2020. We were all stuck indoors and my work went online overnight. I was wondering how to keep sharing my Responsible Reward insights with my network [...]

I recently partnered with ShareAction at AGMs to support its work in challenging the world’s largest companies on environmental and social issues. ShareAction works with corporates and investors [...]

Having reviewed the 2023 guidance from the IA and ISS in my two previous newsletters, this week we’re turning our attention to Glass Lewis’s UK policy guidelines for 2023. The 66-page document [...]

Last week on my ‘PAYING FOR GOOD’ podcast, we listened to Andrew Ninian of the Investment Association (IA) with its remuneration guidelines for 2023. This week, we’re turning our attention to [...]

I was really sad to hear from the US executive compensation firm Semler Brossy about the recent passing of Seymour Burchman. I first researched the topic of Responsible Reward in 2017 for my [...]

In this week’s episode of the ‘PAYING FOR GOOD’ podcast, I welcome Andrew Ninian, Director of Stewardship and Corporate Governance at the Investment Association (IA). The IA is the trade body for [...]

In this week’s episode of the ‘PAYING FOR GOOD’ podcast, I welcome back Jessica Lobo, Global Goals Programme Manager at UN Global Compact Network UK. In her previous appearance, Jess introduced [...]

This is the second issue of a three-part mini-series on your pay review priorities. Last week, we looked at how the pay review is an integral part of ESG. We explored the links to the UN SDGs [...]

As the pay review cycle is well underway, this is the first of a three-part mini-series on your pay review priorities. Recently, I’ve had several conversations with Reward professionals along the [...]

In this week’s episode of the ‘PAYING FOR GOOD’ podcast, I welcome Simon Rawson, Director of Corporate Engagement at UK non-profit ShareAction. Simon works with institutional investors and [...]

In this week’s episode of the ‘PAYING FOR GOOD’ podcast, I welcome back regular guest and chartered statistician Nigel Marriott. In his previous appearances, Nigel has shared his vast knowledge [...]

This week, we’re focusing on an aspect of the ‘S’ in ESG. I’m sharing an article by John Lewis chair Dame Sharon White about the over-50s workforce – a piece that has stirred some debate on [...]

This week I’m not sharing my ‘PAYING FOR GOOD’ podcast. Instead, I’m putting the spotlight on ‘The Which? Money Podcast’, which is full of financial tips useful at home and work. One of its [...]

In my last newsletter, I sent you a survey to get an update on the progress you’ve made on the integration of remuneration and sustainability. My questions covered the integration of ESG and: [...]

Is sustainability at the core of your business strategy? If so, check out the UN Global Compact Network. Its UK branch helps about 12,000 companies and 3,000 non-business signatories to embed the [...]

Did you know that there are now over 4,000 signatories of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investments managing over $120 trillion? One expectation is that these signatories take ESG into [...]

(These wise words are usually credited to the acclaimed genius Albert Einstein.) Looking back at my long (and successful) Reward career, there were several times when I felt I was going round and [...]

BY CORINNE CARR No matter the economic or political climate, now is the right time to think about Responsible Reward. The fact is, there’s always a more ‘pressing’ HR issue to put out elsewhere. [...]

The privileged position of reward practitioners to be a force for good By Dawn Lewis “Responsible reward is a growing trend in executive pay which links organisations’ sustainability and [...]

By Dawn Cowie: BlackRock’s bid to become a leader in tackling climate change will put pressure on rivals but does not go far enough, campaigners say. In a letter to clients yesterday, BlackRock [...]

By Dawn Cowie: Asset managers face growing pressure to link employee bonuses to environmental, social and governance targets. Calls from institutional clients, regulators, investee companies and [...]

By Eva Szalay BNP Paribas employee subjected to ‘direct sex discrimination and victimisation’ When Stacey Macken arrived at work at the main London office of BNP Paribas one morning in 2013, she [...]