Sustainable Pay: How TSX 60 Companies Compensate Executives for Sustainability Performance

Sustainability is an important global business driver and is making its way into corporate boardrooms. Mounting evidence shows firms that invest in improved sustainability practices outperform their competitors. There is growing awareness that emerging sustainability risks can have a material impact on company performance. Recognizing these links, companies increasingly integrate sustainability performance objectives and targets into their performance management systems. To better understand this trend to integrating sustainability into performance management programs, Strandberg Consulting conducted a review of the degree to which companies listed on the TSX 60 Index integrate sustainability factors into executive incentive compensation packages.