Corporate Practices
Corporate practices data is provided by the IW Financial research group, an experienced research team committed to providing investment professionals with unbiased, objective information.
Adult Entertainment
- Adult media
- Sexually explicit Internet operations
- Adult software or video games
- Sexually explicit live performance
Alcohol
- Alcohol manufacturing or branding
- Alcohol wholesale distribution
- Alcohol manufacturing / wholesale revenue
- Alcohol manufacturing / wholesale revenue percentage
- Alcohol retail sales
Animal Testing
- USDA's testing list
- PETA's testing list
- Pharmaceutical testing
- Non-pharmaceutical testing
- Official testing policy
Bioethics
- Adult, umbilical or placenta stem cell research
- Embryonic stem cell or fetal tissue research
- Stem cell research supplies or service
Diversity
- Board number of minorities
- Board percentage of minorities
- Board number of women
- Board percentage of women
Environment
- Superfund sites
- Superfund sites per revenue
- Toxic emissions
- Toxic emissions per revenue
- Toxic emissions trend
- Chemical or oil spills
- Chemical or oil spills per revenue
- Chemical or oil spills trend
- Toxic production waste
- Toxic production waste per revenue
- Toxic production waste trend
- Environmental fines
- Environmental fines per revenue
- Environmental fines trend
Firearms
- Firearms or ammunition manufacturing
Gambling
- Gambling operations
- Gambling revenue
- Gambling revenue percentage
- Online gaming
Human Rights
- Ties to China
- Ties to oppressive regimes
- Maquiladora operations
- Global Sullivan Principles endoser
- UN Global Compact signatory
Labor Relations
- AFL-CIO boycott list
- Strikes or labor actions
- Unionization
Life/Choice
- Abortifacient manufacturing
- Emergency contraceptive manufacturing
- Non-emergency contraceptive manufacturing
- Contraceptives / abortifacient marketing
- Abortion services
- Boycott of Planned Parenthood support
Military
- U.S. DoD contracting revenue
- U.S. DoD contracts to revenue ratio
- Conventional weapons contracting revenue
- Conventional weapons contracts per revenue
- Nuclear weapons contracting revenue
- Nuclear weapons contracting per revenue
- U.S. DoD Top 100 Contractors
Nuclear Power
- Nuclear power generation or sales
- Nuclear electricity generated
- Nuclear related goods or services
Recognition
- Diversity recognition
- Workplace recognition
Sexual Orientation
- Non-discrimination policy
- Same-sex benefits
- HRC Corporate Equality Index
- GLBT diversity training
- Citizen Action Now boycott list
Tobacco
- Tobacco manufacturing
- Tobacco wholesale distribution
- Tobacco manufacturing / wholesale revenue
- Tobacco manufacturing / wholesale revenue percentage
- Tobacco retail sales
- Tobacco industry suppliers Tobacco manufacturing
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Governance
Governance research data comes from The Corporate Library, an independent investment research firm providing corporate governance data, analysis, and risk assessment tools.
Auditing Practices
- Percentage of audit fees
- Financial expert on audit committee
Board Accountability
- Formal governance policy
- Business ethics policy
- Classified board elections
- Non-executive director meetings
- Director removal for cause only
- Shareholder power to fill vacancies
Board Composition
- Tenured directors
- Directors over age 70
- Directors that are active CEOs
- Directors on more than 4 boards
- Absentee directors
- Problem directors
Board Independence
- Majority outside directors
- Independent audit committee
- Independent compensation committee
- Independent nominating committee
- Separation of CEO and Chair
CEO Compensation
- Total annual CEO compensation
- CEO base salary
- CEO annual bonus
- Percentage of variable pay
Company Ownership
- Dominant shareholder ownership
- Insider ownership
- Over 5% shareholders ownership
- Institutional ownership
- Multiple classes of common stock
Shareholder Rights
- Vote required to call special meeting
- Special meeting rule compared to state law
- Vote required to act by written consent
- Written consent rule compared to state law
- Vote required for merger or other transaction
- Vote required to amend charter
- Vote required to amend bylaws
- Cumulative voting
Takeover Defenses
- Poison pill
- Business combination provision
- Fair price provision
- Control share acquisition provision
- Stakeholder constituency provision
- Advance notice requirement
The Corporate Library Grades
- Overall board effectiveness grade
- Board composition evaluation
- CEO compensation evaluation
- Takeover defenses evaluation
- Accounting evaluation
- TCL best practices compliance score
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