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The main ESG stories of January
Not over yet, and thoroughly upended: that is the short version of January where ESG is concerned. Fortunately a few — rare — pieces of good news are worth noting. Let us start with those.
SBF 120: executive variable pay draws increasingly on climate and environmental performance
In 2024, French SBF 120 companies increasingly tied their chief executive's variable pay to non-financial performance targets.
Most SBF 120 companies build environmental criteria into executive pay
The new IFA barometer on executive pay reports that in 2024, 92% of SBF 120 companies said they included climate or environmental performance criteria in their chief executive's variable pay policy, long-term and/or short-term. That is 12 points more than in 2022.
[Studies] IFA-CZF-E&B Barometer — climate in SBF 120 executive pay
The Institut Français des Administrateurs, Ethics & Boards and Chapter Zero France publish the fourth edition of the pay barometer devoted to climate objectives in SBF 120 executive pay policy.
Climate performance takes its place in executive bonuses
Nine in ten SBF 120 companies include climate indicators in their executives' variable pay. But this still accounts for only a small share of that pay.
Climate targets weigh more and more on executive variable pay
The fourth IFA–Ethics & Boards–Chapter Zero France barometer, just published, shows climate objectives increasingly built into variable pay for SBF 120 executives. The shift reflects both societal and economic expectations, and testifies to boards' commitment to the climate transition.
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