ISS STOXX - Director Data
Data category
- Governance data
- Indices/Exchange data
- Social data
- Research data
The data offers solutions for:
- Investment decisions and portfolio insight
- Reporting: CSRD
- Reporting: Impact
Who are the data users?
- Corporates
- Financial institutions
- Government
- Investors
- Trustees
- Index providers
Brief description of the data offering
ISS ESG’s Director Data allows investors to access non-traditional information at a board level and provide a deeper look into the boardroom, generating a complete picture of board-level decision makers and inform new investment ideas.
Examining a director’s profile for key experiences can help investors determine if directors possess qualifications necessary for a given board, or to uncover potential investment risks and opportunities in a portfolio. Data may also signal possible management changes, mergers, acquisitions, or boardroom turnover.
Director Data covers more than 140,000 individuals as of year-end 2021 across more than 100 countries, with history going back to 2013. Topics covered include:
- Biographical - Director Name, Gender, Age, Nationality, Employment History, Primary Employer and new ethnicity data
- Boards - Tenure, Company has a Classified Board, Non-Executive Leadership Role of Directors
- Skills/Background - Leadership, Financial Expertise, Government/Military Service, Technology or Engineering Experience
- Affiliation - Director Independence, Founder, Shareholder Representative, CEO or Former CEO, Professional Services Provided by the Director, CEO of other companies
- Committee Memberships - Audit Membership, Size of Audit Committee, Number of Audit Committee Meetings, % Independent Directors in Audit Committee
- Share Ownership and Compensation - Shares Held and Represented, Percentage Voting Power of Director
- Director Interlock/Social Network - Director has Board Interlocks, Number of Outside Public Boards
- Board Level Statistics - Board Size, Number of Women on Board, % Independence, Number of New Nominees, Number of Affiliated Directors, Average Board Tenure, Average Director Age
Where and how do you source your data?
ISS’ data collection teams span the globe for company data. Director data is driven by publicly disclosed filings and annual reports to ensure consistency.
Director Data solutions include racial and ethnic characteristics of senior leaders at more than 5,000 U.S. corporations as of May 2022. On an individual basis, data coverage includes more than 37,000 directors and 15,000 named executive officers (NEOs) as of May 2022.
What is the cost for your data offering?
Pricing is based on the method by which data is delivered. ISS can provide data via its proprietary platform, DataDesk, or via data feed. Pricing for this solution is available upon request.
What are the key attributes that differentiates the data you offer?
Data is generally fragmented, hard to find, varying by market. ISS ESG’s Director Data is presented in a format allowing for:
- Incorporation into quantitative investment models
- Identifying portfolio company director qualifications or practices requiring engagement with companies
- Understanding portfolio companies’ director qualifications, refreshment, and interlocks for risk and performance analysis
- Using board and director data as signals of possible management changes or catalysts for events like M&A or activist campaigns.
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Find out more: https://www.issgovernance.com/esg/governance-data/director-data/
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