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ISS ESG Quarterly Engagement Update – Q3 2023: Life on Land (SDG 15) on Top of Engagement Activity
Preamble ISS ESG’s Quarterly Engagement Update series highlights key trends that emerge through activities conducted on behalf of participating investors under its Collaborative Engagement Services.

What Falling MSoP Support Says About Investor Expectations
Below is an excerpt from ISS-Corporate’s recently released paper “What Falling MSoP Support Says About Investor Expectations”. The full paper is available for download from

Setting Standards in the Sustainable Bond Market: From Guidelines to Regulation, on the Shoulders of Giant Principles?
Introduction The sustainable bond market continues to be one of the main instruments to mobilize funds towards the achievement of environmental- and social-related investment objectives.

Majority of Advisors Shift to ETFs, ISS Market Intelligence Survey Research Finds
NEW YORK (December 11, 2023) – ISS Market Intelligence, a leading global provider of data, analytics, insights, media, and events solutions to the global financial

Run Fund Run! Launching Funds May be More of a Sprint than a Marathon
For newly launched investment funds, achieving scale is paramount to long-term success, as the benefits of scale can lead to additional sales momentum for a

Israeli Proxy Season Update
With the Israel-Gaza conflict in the backdrop, the 2023 Israeli proxy season scene is experiencing notable shifts. Typically, the Israeli voting season is less pronounced

ISS ESG Releases Latest Global Climate Change Update Report
NEW YORK (December 7, 2023) — ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, today released the latest report in its Thought Leadership Collection


The Governance of Geopolitical Risks
In recent years, companies have come under increased pressure from institutional investors and governance bodies on a number of key issues that can be generically



Three Additions to the MDAX
(Zug, 5 December 2023) – STOXX Ltd. has announced the new composition of the DAX index family. DAX, MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX represent the largest


Six in Ten U.S. CEOs Hit Target Goals Despite Economic Variability, ISS-Corporate Analysis Finds
ROCKVILLE, Md. (December 5, 2023) – ISS-Corporate, a leading provider of compensation, governance, cyber risk monitoring, and sustainability offerings to help companies improve shareholder value


Earnings Goal Achievement in Annual Incentives: Are Target Goals for CEOs Too Soft?
Below is an excerpt from ISS-Corporate’s recently released report “Earnings Goal Achievement in Annual Incentives – Are Target Goals for CEOs Too Soft?”. The full


Climate Change Regulation and Standards in 2023: CSRD/ESRS, ISSB, and U.S. Legislation
Introduction Organizations that report on climate change have highlighted that record-setting temperatures earlier in 2023 are not “just a set of numbers,” as NASA Administrator

