Green bonuses: How ESG criteria are increasingly informing executive pay

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Nearly half of FTSE 100 companies currently have an ESG measure in either annual bonus targets or long-term incentive plans, research from PwC has found

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are playing a growing role in determining executive pay, a new survey from PwC has found. Nearly half of FTSE 100 companies use an ESG measure when...

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