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title: ESG Spotlight | The State of Pay
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# ESG Spotlight | The State of Pay: Executive Remuneration & ESG Metrics

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In *The State of Pay: Executive Remuneration and ESG Metrics*, we assess how ESG criteria are factored into executive variable remuneration plans (“ESG pay-links”).

With investors increasingly incorporating ESG considerations into their investment decisions, many are looking into how corporate leadership may be incentivized to pursue an ESG agenda. This report offers insights to global equity investors considering pay-links as a topic for corporate engagement.

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