European Governance Benchmark Report

Detailed Analysis of Your Corporate Governance Practices

The corporate governance practices of corporate issuers are growing in importance for institutional investors worldwide.  In fact, our Global Investor Study found that 70% of institutional investors cited the corporate governance performance of portfolio companies as important. 

As a corporate issuer, you need to be aware of the role that corporate governance plays in institutional investment decision-making.  Even more important is to understand how your corporate governance practices are perceived in relation to those of your peers.

Risk Metrics Group's European Governance Benchmark Report provides an in-depth corporate governance profile of your company to help you answer these critical questions:

• How do your corporate governance practices measure up to best practice standards?
• How does your corporate governance compare to that of your peers?
• In what areas might you improve your corporate governance approach?

Leveraging publicly available information, the corporate solutions team evaluates your company with respect to approximately 300 corporate governance criteria divided into three major categories:  Rights and Duties of Shareholders, Corporate Governance Disclosure and Board Structures and Functioning. 
Based on this analysis, the corporate solutions team will create a detailed management report to help you understand how your company compares to European corporate governance best practices.  The report also implicitly identifies areas for improvement enabling you to better meet investors’ expectations in terms of corporate governance.  Finally, sector and national peer group comparisons are included. 

In accordance with our Business Practices, this solution is delivered by ISS Corporate Services, Inc. (ICS), a wholly owned subsidiary of RiskMetrics Group, Inc.