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ESGAUGE Insight  /  Corporate disclosure data

Benchmark Corporate Disclosure with Precision

Real-time, auditable data across governance, compensation, sustainability, and shareholder activity.

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Source
Coded directly from company filings and reports — proxy statements, 10‑Ks, sustainability reports, N‑PX.
Audit
Every value is citation-linked to the document it came from.
Refresh
Updated continuously as new filings are released.
Universe
Russell 3000, S&P 500, MidCap 400, SmallCap 600, S&P/TSX Composite, FTSE 350, S&P Europe 350.

Benchmark screen — client vs. peer group vs. index

Illustrative
Illustrative benchmark output comparing a client company against an industry peer group median and the Russell 3000 median across twelve disclosure fields.
# Field Client Peer med. R3000 med. Pctl Source
01Board size 11109 68 DEF 14A
02Independent directors (%) 90.985.783.4 74 DEF 14A
03Standing committees (count) 443 61 DEF 14A
04Average director tenure (yrs) 6.88.28.9 22 DEF 14A
05Women on board (%) 34.032.128.2 71 DEF 14A
06Proxy access — ownership threshold (%) 3.03.03.0 — Bylaws
07Poison pill — trigger threshold (%) n/d15.015.0 — 8-K
08Say-on-pay approval (%) 94.291.690.3 66 DEF 14A
09CEO pay ratio (×) 212178143 81 DEF 14A
10Scope 1 emissions (tCO2e) 41,20896,540n/d 34 Sust. report
11Gender pay gap, unadjusted (%) 8.411.2n/d 29 Sust. report
12Shareholder proposals voted (count) 210 88 DEF 14A / N-PX

n/d = not disclosed  ·  pctl = percentile within peer group  ·  source = document type the value was coded from

01

What the platform does

Four capabilities

ESGAUGE Insight replaces reading proxies one at a time. Analysts code the contents of company filings into standardised fields, so the question “what do our peers actually do?” is answered from a dataset rather than a reading pile — and can be defended line by line.

01

Identify gaps

Pinpoint disclosure weaknesses against named peers and market benchmarks — including the fields where a company says nothing at all.

Peer · industry · index

02

Track trends

Monitor emerging governance and ESG practices across industries with multi-year series, year-over-year change fields and disclosure rates.

Multi-year series

03

Accelerate analysis

Replace manual document review with structured data and screening tools. Filter the universe on any coded field and export the result set.

Screen · filter · export

04

Verify sources

Direct links to SEC filings, reports and company documents for full auditability. Any figure in a client memo traces back to a filed page.

Citation-linked

02

Coverage universe

7 indices · 3 regions · 9 libraries

Thousands of companies across three geographies, with the major index cuts pre-built as peer sets. A client can be compared with a named industry peer group and a broad index in the same view, without assembling either by hand.

United States

  • Russell 3000 Broad universe
  • S&P 500 Large cap
  • S&P MidCap 400 Mid cap
  • S&P SmallCap 600 Small cap

Canada

  • S&P/TSX Composite Broad universe

United Kingdom & Europe

  • FTSE 350 UK
  • S&P Europe 350 Pan-European

Coverage matrix — libraries × index universes

Published taxonomy
Which of the nine ESGAUGE data libraries are included in the published coverage universe for each of the seven index universes, with the number of parts in each library's taxonomy.
Data library Parts R3000 S&P 500 Mid 400 Sml 600 TSX comp FTSE 350 Europe 350
01Board Composition & Corporate Governance 8 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
02Director Compensation 6 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
03CEO & Executive Compensation 8 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
04IPO Compensation & Stock Plan Design 6 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
05Executive Termination & CIC Provisions 3 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
06CEO & Executive Demographics and Succession 5 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
07Corporate Environmental Disclosures 10 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
08Human Capital Management & Social Disclosures 10 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
09Shareholder Voting & Activism 8 IncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded

Library included in the published coverage universe for that index. “Parts” is the number of top-level parts in the published field taxonomy. Field-level depth by library and jurisdiction is confirmed at onboarding.

Role extension — libraries 03 and 06 also run for CFO, CLO, CHRO and CMO where disclosed as NEOs Scenario extension — library 05 runs across 7 termination scenarios
03

Nine data libraries

64 parts · 1,000+ coded fields

Structured, auditable disclosure data across governance, compensation, sustainability and shareholder activity — organised into nine libraries. Each library preserves its full chapter and section structure: every data field ESGAUGE tracks, organised exactly as published.

01

Board Composition and Corporate Governance

Organization, leadership, composition, elections, and anti-takeover policy.

board size · committee count and types · director independence · tenure groups · proxy access ownership threshold · holding period · poison-pill trigger threshold · overboarding limits · advance-notice window · exclusive forum bylaws

8 partsGovernance
02

Director Compensation

Pay elements, equity, ownership, limits, and deferred compensation.

cash retainer and increases · meeting fee types · committee leadership premium · equity vesting schedule · ownership guideline multiple · retention ratio · shareholder-approved pay limit · DSU payout form

6 partsCompensation
03

CEO and Executive Compensation

CEO and NEO pay, incentive design, pay versus performance, say-on-pay.

total actual compensation · target pay mix · STI metric weighting · RTSR percentile ranking · CAP vs. TSR · CEO pay ratio · CACM methodology · say-on-pay approval rate

8 parts+ CFO / CLO / CHRO / CMO
04

IPO Compensation and Stock Plan Design

Equity dilution, ESPP, executive pay, and pre/post-IPO board compensation.

at-IPO overhang · evergreen percentage and duration · ISO limit · share counting · ESPP lookback and purchase discount · pre-IPO grant fair value · director pay limits · beneficial ownership post-offering

6 partsCapital markets
05

Executive Employment Termination & CIC Provisions

Termination terms, cash severance, and treatment of equity awards.

cash severance trigger · base salary multiple · bonus definition · benefits continuation term · equity vesting treatment · non-compete term · excise tax protection · CIC window period

3 parts× 7 scenarios
06

CEO and Executive Demographics and Succession

Succession rates, CEO profiles, departing and incoming CEOs, placement.

succession rate by performance quartile · forced departure share · CEO tenure groups · incoming vs. departing CEO profile · placement type · interim and co-CEO appointments · announcement and effective dates

5 parts+ CFO / CLO / CHRO / CMO
07

Corporate Environmental Disclosures

Climate, emissions, energy, waste, water, biodiversity, and assurance.

Scope 1 / 2 / 3 emissions · intensity per revenue and per employee · internal carbon price · water withdrawn in stressed areas · ISO 14001 certified sites · external assurance · matching disclosure rates

10 parts+ disclosure rates
08

Human Capital Management (HCM) and Social Disclosures

Diversity, pay equity, health & safety, ethics, labor, and giving.

adjusted and unadjusted gender pay gap · racial/ethnic pay gap · lost time incident rate · whistleblower policy · suppliers audited · charitable contributions as % of pre-tax profit · PAC contributions

10 parts+ disclosure rates
09

Shareholder Voting and Activism

Shareholder and management proposals, say-on-pay, proxy contests, N-PX.

proposal volume by sponsor type · average support level · pass rate · SEC no-action outcomes by exclusion type · dissident success rate · N-PX vote cast and rationale · issuer ownership change

8 parts+ glossary
04

Screen output

All figures illustrative

Multi-year series for a subject company, its industry peer group and a market index — charted from coded fields rather than assembled by hand. The figures on this page are sample output shown to illustrate the interface. They are not published ESGAUGE research.

Watchlist — peer group, 2020–2024

Illustrative

Women on board (%)

34.0▲ 14.0 pp

20202024

Independent directors (%)

86.9▲ 2.7 pp

20202024

Avg. director tenure (yrs)

7.4▼ 0.7

20202024

CEO pay ratio (×)

212▲ 26

20202024

Say-on-pay approval (%)

89.1▼ 1.3 pp

20202024

Scope 1 disclosure rate (%)

58.3▲ 17.3 pp

20202024

pp = percentage points  ·  change measured 2020 → 2024  ·  series drawn from coded disclosure fields

Board gender diversity — % of board seats held by women

Illustrative
0 10 20 30 40 % OF BOARD SEATS 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 34.0% 20.0
Your client Industry peer group Russell 3000

Source field: board.composition.gender.female_share  ·  library 01, part III

Total CEO compensation

Illustrative
0 4 8 12 16 USD MILLIONS $14.8M 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 YOUR CLIENT · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE TOTAL

Source field: exec.ceo.total_compensation  ·  library 03, part I

05

Methodology & auditability

Trusted data · verifiable insights

A number you cannot source is a number you cannot put in front of a board. Every field in ESGAUGE Insight is coded from a primary document and stays attached to it.

  • Sourced, not modelled

    Data is sourced directly from company filings and reports — proxy statements, 10‑Ks, annual and sustainability reports, N‑PX filings and other company documents. Nothing is inferred from a third-party aggregator.

  • Auditable to the line

    Fully auditable with citation-linked disclosures. Any coded value opens the underlying filing, so a benchmark in a client memo can be defended field by field — not asserted.

  • Continuously refreshed

    Updated continuously as new filings are released. Proxy season, an 8‑K adopting a rights plan, a mid-year sustainability report — the dataset moves with the disclosure record.

  • Silence is a data point

    Across the environmental and human-capital libraries, nearly every quantitative metric carries a matching disclosure-rate field. You can measure not only what peers report, but which of them report nothing at all.

Provenance record

Illustrative
Field
board.election.proxy_access.ownership_threshold
Library
01 — Board Composition and Corporate Governance
Part
V — Director Election and Removal
Value
3.0 %  ·  holding period 3 years
Document
Amended and Restated Bylaws, filed as an exhibit to Form 8‑K
Locator
Article II, Section 2.14
Coded
Analyst review  ·  verified against source
Drill-through
Enabled — opens the filed document in-platform

Every coded value in the platform carries a record like this one. That is the difference between a benchmark you can cite and a rating you have to take on faith.

Powering confident advice with better data.

Trial access opens the live platform so you can run a benchmark on a company you already know, and check every figure against the filing it came from.

Request trial access info@esgauge.com

Built for

  • 01Corporate governance and public-company advisory counsel
  • 02Executive compensation and benefits practitioners
  • 03Knowledge management and research services
  • 04Law and business school librarians
  • 05Corporate secretaries and in-house officers