ISS’ Proxy Research Data Verification
Introduced in January 2022, ISS’ new data verification (DV) portal for U.S. corporations represents a major expansion of ISS’ current DV program now used by many companies that are the subject of ISS’ proxy research and recommendations.
The program allows for verification of more than 400 governance and compensation datapoints, including those related to stock plans previously available for verification through the now-retired Equity Plan Data Verification platform. Datapoints available for verification are principally those used and reflected in ISS’ proxy research report on companies, including:
- Individual director details such as name, gender, ethnicity, etc. (as disclosed)
- Board and committee characteristics to include committee names, memberships, etc.
- Individual executive pay figures including salary and bonus from the summary compensation table and grant details, equity plan details, gross-ups, etc.
