FTSE bosses receive 18% pay bump this year in global fight for talent

Croda International has also reduced the sustainability metrics, according to a separate analysis of public annual reports by proxy adviser Minerva Analytics. Thomas Bolger, senior stewardship analyst at Minerva, said the ESG debate had shifted “away from a previous focus of simply whether ESG metrics are included at all in incentive pay, and towards whether those metrics are sufficiently material, verifiable, measurable and credibly aligned with strategy and long-term value creation”.