While over half of the S&P 500 now has incorporated ESG goals into their executive incentive compensation programs, companies still face many questions: What environmental, social, and governance topics to include? What types of goals – stand-alone quantitative metrics, or more general qualitative goals? In annual or long-term plans? For what executives? How much weight to give ESG goals? How much discretion should the compensation committee have in evaluating performance against ESG goals? How to report on progress toward those goals?

Join Paul Washington, Executive Director of The Conference Board ESG Center, as he hosts a panel of seasoned experts, from Microsoft, Semler Brossy, and T. Rowe Price, who will discuss whether, when, and how companies should link executive pay to ESG. Among the questions we plan to address:

• What are current trends and emerging best practices for linking ESG factors to executive pay?
• What are some of the key benefits and risks associated with linking ESG to pay?
• How are investors viewing this practice?
• What are pitfalls to avoid?

Who should attend: Directors - especially members of compensation committees - and C-suite executives, including Chief Human Resources Officers and Generals Counsel; senior human capital professionals in the fields of compensation and benefits; and senior governance professionals, including corporate secretaries, investor executives, and other in-house and outside counsel.