[1] The Conference Board, in collaboration with ESG data analytics firm ESGAUGE, is keeping track of disclosures made by US public companies with respect to their board composition, director demographics, and governance practices. Our live, interactive online dashboard allows you to access and visualize practices and trends from 2016 to date by market index, business sector, and company size. The dashboard is organized in six parts: (1) Board Organization, (2) Board Leadership, (3) Board Composition, (4) New Directors, (5) Director Election & Removal, and (6) Other Board Policies. While the data relied on for the conclusions presented in this report were pulled from the database on June 8, 2022, they reflect practices in place as of the most recent SEC filing or corporate documents relevant for each datapoint (including 2022 proxy statements, Forms 8-K and 10-K, committee charters, Bylaws, etc.).
[2] Throughout this report, the data for 2022 were pulled from our database on June 8 and include information for approximately 400 (or 80 percent of) S&P 500 companies and 2350 (or 78 percent of) Russell 3000 companies.