To ensure its voting policies take into consideration the perspectives of the corporate governance community and the views of its institutional clients, ISS gathers broad input each year from institutional investors, issuers, and other market constituents through a variety of channels and mediums.
Following the release of its global policy survey results, ISS made available for public comment 15 discrete voting policies for 2017. The policy comment period closed on Nov. 10.
In sum, ISS received 47 comment submissions from 46 separate organizations and individuals. Of these, 36 commentators agreed to allow for their submission to be disclosed publicly. To access these submissions, please click here.
United States
Unilateral Board Actions – Multi Class Capital Structure at IPO
Restrictions on Binding Shareholder Proposals
General Share Issuance Mandates for Cross- Market Companies (US-listed, non-US-incorporated companies)
Executive Pay Assessments (Cross-Market Companies)
Canada
Director Compensation
Europe
Europe, U.K. & Ireland – European Pay for Performance Methodology
Non-Executive Director Remuneration
Director Overboarding
U.K. & Ireland
Executive Remuneration
Audit and Remuneration Committee Composition for Smaller Companies
Japan
Creation of Advisory Posts
ISS議決権行使助言方針(ポリシー)改定に関する日本語でのオープンコメントの募集について
South Asia
Director Elections
Taiwan
Director Elections
Brazil
Board Independence (Nivel 1 and Traditional listing segments)
Americas Regional Policy (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru)
Board Independence