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Daily Brief ESG: Disclosure of Individual Board Directors’ Remuneration Has Not Progressed and more

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  • Disclosure of Individual Board Directors’ Remuneration Has Not Progressed


Disclosure of Individual Board Directors’ Remuneration Has Not Progressed

By Aki Matsumoto

  • It’s unclear whether voluntary compensation committee can make proactive recommendations, or whether it simply follows the proposals of CEO/BOD, and how much the decisions of the voluntary committee are influential.
  • Only 0.1% of listed companies are disclosing the individual compensation of all board directors, as investors have long requested, and there has been no progress in disclosing individual compensation.
  • Performance-Based compensation is implemented by 72.7% of companies listed on the Prime Market. Recently, there has been an increase in the introduction of restricted stock in place of stock options.

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